Betsy Layne is a small community located in Floyd County, Kentucky. It has a total area of 2.3 square miles and is home to 877 people as of the 2019 census. Despite its size, politics are an important part of the life of this community. The local government consists of a mayor, four trustees, and three town council members who manage the affairs of the city. Local elections are held every two years with the last one occurring in May 2020. Community members have an opportunity to voice their opinions through various initiatives such as public forums, petitions, and more recently, online surveys. As residents continue to engage in political discourse throughout 41605 Betsy Layne, KY they prioritize issues that affect them directly such as public safety and infrastructure improvements.
The political climate in Zip 41605 (Betsy Layne, KY) is very conservative.
Floyd County, KY is very conservative. In Floyd County, KY 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41605 (Betsy Layne, KY) is very conservative.
Betsy Layne, Kentucky is very conservative.
Floyd 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.
Betsy Layne, Kentucky: D D 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 41605 (Betsy Layne)
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 2 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)