The small town of 41714 Bear Branch, KY is a friendly and tight-knit community. Although there are no local political candidates, the citizens of Bear Branch are always engaged in local politics. Residents of the town often come together to discuss issues affecting their community, from the best way to invest in infrastructure to how to attract businesses to the area. They also keep an active dialogue with their representatives at the state and national level. The residents of Bear Branch understand that they have a strong voice in the political arena and take pride in voicing their opinions on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 41714 (Bear Branch, KY) is very conservative.
Leslie County, KY is very conservative. In Leslie County, KY 9.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leslie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.8% to 9.3%.
Leslie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41714 (Bear Branch, KY) is very conservative.
Bear Branch, Kentucky is very conservative.
Leslie 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.
Bear Branch, 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 41714 (Bear Branch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)