Taylor County, Kentucky is a rural county located in the central part of the state. It has a population of approximately 23,000 people and is the home to many small towns and communities. The politics in Taylor County are largely conservative but there is some diversity in opinion within the county. The county's primary political focus is on local issues such as education, public safety, and economic growth. The majority of elected officials at both the local and state level are Republicans. There are no incumbent local political candidates in Taylor County for the upcoming election cycle. Instead, all positions including sheriff, magistrate, judge-executive, and coroner will be filled by new candidates running for office for the first time. Those interested in learning more about the politics of Taylor County can attend local town hall meetings or view online resources such as voter guides to learn more about who is running for office and what their platform consists of.
The political climate in Taylor County, KY is very conservative.
In Taylor County, KY 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taylor county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.7%.
Taylor county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylor County, KY is very conservative.
Campbellsville 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.
Taylor, 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 Taylor County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 186 contributions totaling $12,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $26,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)