In 40311 Carlisle, KY, politics is a prominent aspect of the local community and it has an active political climate. The city is split between two counties, Nicholas and Bourbon, both of which are part of Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District. At the state level, 40311 Carlisle is represented by Senator Richard Roeding and Representatives Steven Rudy and Bailey Cowan. There is also a mayor in charge of the local government and citizens regularly engage in events to discuss policies that affect their neighborhoods. Although there are no candidates running for office in this area currently, many locals actively participate in voter registration drives, election campaigns, and other initiatives to ensure that their voices are heard on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 40311 (Carlisle, KY) is very conservative.
Nicholas County, KY is very conservative. In Nicholas County, KY 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicholas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 28.1%.
Nicholas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40311 (Carlisle, KY) is very conservative.
Carlisle, Kentucky is very conservative.
Nicholas County, Kentucky 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.
Carlisle, 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 zip 40311 (Carlisle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $17,902 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $10,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)