The politics in Owensboro, KY Metro Area are vibrant and active. The city is part of Daviess County and the county has a local activism group called the Daviess County Citizens Coalition that works to ensure that local residents have access to information about events going on in the area. On the state level, Kentucky is represented by two Senators, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, as well as a number of representatives from both sides of the aisle. At the national level, Owensboro is served by Representative Brett Guthrie who represents Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. While these politicians certainly have differing opinions about many issues, they typically agree on topics related to improving quality of life in the Owensboro metro area such as economic growth and job creation.
The political climate in Owensboro Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Owensboro Metro Area 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Owensboro metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
The Owensboro metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Owensboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
Owensboro, 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 Owensboro Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,214 contributions totaling $60,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 838 contributions totaling $273,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)