Pendleton County is located in the Northern region of Kentucky and is home to about 14,000 people. The county was established in 1827 and has a strong sense of community. Politically, the county leans heavily towards Republican candidates, with the majority of its citizens favoring conservative values and policies. Local elections usually draw a large turnout as residents take an active interest in the political process. In past years, several prominent Republicans have held office here, including former state representatives Chris Harris and Adam Koenig. More recently however, Democrats have seen some success in local races as well. Pendleton County residents are passionate about their politics and strive to make sure their voices are heard on Election Day.
The political climate in Pendleton County, KY is very conservative.
In Pendleton County, KY 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pendleton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.6% to 19.1%.
Pendleton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pendleton County, KY is very conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pendleton, 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 Pendleton County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $8,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)