The Louisville, KY Metro Area is home to a diverse population of nearly 1.3 million people that has grown steadily since the year 2000. This area is governed by many elected officials from the local, state, and federal levels that help shape and implement policies in the community. At the local level, there are many city council members who represent their constituents and undertake initiatives to improve quality of life in the Louisville Metro area. On the state level, Kentucky's General Assembly works to pass legislation aimed at improving the community as well as setting forth budgetary guidelines for public programs such as education, infrastructure, and healthcare. Lastly, at the federal level, U.S Congressmen and Senators represent Louisville and its surrounding areas in Washington D.C., engaging with policy-makers on topics ranging from taxation to climate change initiatives. With all these politicians representing different interests within the community it's clear that politics plays a big role in shaping how life looks in this part of Kentucky.
The political climate in Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Louisville / Jefferson County metro area remained slightly Republican, 49.5% to 48.4%.
The Louisville / Jefferson County metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Louisville-Jefferson County, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45,441 contributions totaling $7,831,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13,167 contributions totaling $7,454,834 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)