The Lexington-Fayette Metro Area in Kentucky is a vibrant and diverse community, with a rich history of political involvement. The area is part of the larger Fayette County, which serves as the state's third largest county by population. Locally, there are several elected officials who represent the people of this region. These include State Senator Ralph Alvarado and Representatives Reggie Thomas and James Kay. In addition, Lexington-Fayette has a Mayor and Urban County Council which serve as the governing bodies for the city and metro area respectively. The local government works hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality services, while representing their interests in a fair and equitable manner. As such, residents here have an active voice in how their governance functions.
The political climate in Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Lexington-Fayette Metro Area 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Lexington-Fayette metro area flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.3% to 47.5%.
The Lexington-Fayette metro area flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky: R R r R r d
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lexington-Fayette Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,132 contributions totaling $5,299,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,389 contributions totaling $4,886,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $765 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)