Irvine, KY situated in Estill County is a small rural community nestled in the foothills of Appalachia. Although Irvine has small population, it has had to address many of the same political issues as larger cities. In recent years some of the key political issues that have been discussed in 40336 Irvine include infrastructure development, education and health care reform, and job growth initiatives. As well as these local political issues, voters in Irvine are also concerned with national policies such as immigration reform and climate change. Local elections play an important role in shaping the future of Irvine and determining who will represent them on state and national levels. With an upcoming election this year, voters in Irvine are turning out to make their voices heard by participating in the voting process and keeping informed about current local politics.
The political climate in Zip 40336 (Irvine, KY) is very conservative.
Estill County, KY is very conservative. In Estill County, KY 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Estill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.7%.
Estill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40336 (Irvine, KY) is very conservative.
Irvine, Kentucky is very conservative.
Estill 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.
Irvine, 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 40336 (Irvine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $3,792 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $23,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)