London, KY is a small city located in Laurel County, in the southeastern part of the state. Politics in London are largely reflective of that of the surrounding area and Kentucky as a whole. At the local level, London is governed by a four-member City Council who collaborates with Mayor Troy Rudder to create policies for the entire community. The County Commissioner of Laurel County also has his or her own voice on certain matters concerning London. On a state level, citizens of London vote for candidates from both major political parties – Republican and Democrat – which helps shape state politics. Additionally, voters in40741 can participate in mid-term elections every two years to help decide who will represent them and their values in Congress and Senate.
The political climate in Zip 40741 (London, KY) is very conservative.
Laurel County, KY is very conservative. In Laurel County, KY 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laurel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 15.9%.
Laurel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40741 (London, KY) is very conservative.
London, Kentucky is very conservative.
Laurel County, Kentucky is very conservative.
London Metro Area is very 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.
London, 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 40741 (London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $42,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $925 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $50,956 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)