Menifee County is located in the eastern part of Kentucky and is known for its small-town charm. Government in Menifee County is handled at the county level, with a three-member Fiscal Court representing the county as a whole. The court is made up of two elected magistrates and a Judge/Executive, all of whom are elected by local residents to serve four-year terms. In addition to the Fiscal Court, various other government entities exist to manage different aspects within the county. These include a fair board, library board, and several other boards that oversee activities such as local parks and recreation facilities. Politics in Menifee County tend to be fairly conservative, with most of the local political candidates being members of either the Republican or Democratic parties. With an emphasis on fiscal responsibility and budget management, the political environment in Menifee County tends to prioritize economic stability over social issues.
The political climate in Menifee County, KY is very conservative.
In Menifee County, KY 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Menifee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 24.2%.
Menifee county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 and 2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Menifee County, KY is very conservative.
Mount Sterling Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Menifee, Kentucky: r d d 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 Menifee County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,954 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,751 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)