Lee County, KY has a long history of political activity. Located in Eastern Kentucky, the county has been represented by members of both major parties in the Kentucky General Assembly and was a voting precinct for the state’s presidential elections since its formation in 1870. In more recent history, Lee County has seen the election of several prominent state officials, including Governor Ernie Fletcher and Attorney General Jack Conway. The county also frequently sees candidates from both major parties running for local offices such as magistrates and city council members. Currently, two Republican elected officials serve on the Lee County Board of Magistrates, while three Democrats serve on the Lee County City Council. These elected officials work to improve their communities while working with citizens to create positive change throughout Lee County.
The political climate in Lee County, KY is very conservative.
In Lee County, KY 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.2%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lee County, KY is very conservative.
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Kentucky is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lee, Kentucky: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lee County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $26,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $893 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)