Marshall County, Kentucky is located in southwestern Kentucky and it is part of the Jackson Purchase Region. It is a small rural county with an estimated population of 31,478 as of 2019. Although Marshall County is considered to be politically conservative, it has had a few progressive initiatives such as expanding access to healthcare services and increasing public education funding. The local government consists of three elected members that make up the fiscal court: Judge Executive Kenny Goza; Magistrate Chair Jimmy Wilkerson; and Magistrate Joe McBride. This county also has its own sheriff's department and police force as well as several city councils throughout the county. The residents of Marshall County are served by state representatives and senators from their district who work to ensure the needs of their constituents are met. In addition, there are numerous local organizations working together to improve the quality of life for all Marshall County residents.
The political climate in Marshall County, KY is very conservative.
In Marshall County, KY 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.1%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall 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.
Marshall, 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 Marshall County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $15,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 231 contributions totaling $47,602 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)