Lewis, KY County is part of the larger Appalachian region and is known for its rural population. Despite this, the area is very involved in politics and has a busy political atmosphere. The county has several local government organizations and a strong state representative. There are also numerous political events held throughout the year, such as public forums with candidates running for office and voter registration drives. The local Democratic Party holds annual fundraisers and rallies to help get out the vote. Lewis County also regularly votes in state elections and participates in national debates about important topics like health care, education, and immigration. Overall, Lewis County is an engaged community when it comes to politics and issues that affect them locally.
The political climate in Lewis County, KY is very conservative.
In Lewis County, KY 14.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.8% to 14.0%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lewis 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.
Lewis, 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 Lewis County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $9,387 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)