Simpson, KY County is a rural area in Kentucky home to a diverse population. The County is governed by the Simpson Board of Elections, which oversees local elections and ensures that voting rules are upheld. Each year, citizens come together to elect their representatives for the county government. The positions up for election include board members, mayors, city council members, school board members, and more. Candidates from all political parties come forward to run for these positions and represent the people of Simpson County in local politics. Through debates and platforms, the candidates discuss their ideas on how to best serve Simpson County’s interests and needs. Throughout each election cycle, politicians from both sides of the aisle strive to secure votes and create positive change for Simpson County residents.
The political climate in Simpson County, KY is very conservative.
In Simpson County, KY 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Simpson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 30.7%.
Simpson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Simpson 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.
Simpson, 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 Simpson County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $17,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $64,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $403 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)