The small town of 40808 Big Laurel, KY is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. It is a rural area with a population of less than 2,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and three-member board of commissioners who are elected every four years by the citizens of the community. These elected officials are responsible for setting local regulations and taxes, as well as generating revenue for city services including police, fire protection, waste management, infrastructure repair and maintenance, and recreation programs. They also work to ensure that the residents of 40808 Big Laurel have access to basic necessities such as food, health care, housing and education. As a relatively small community with only one major political party represented in local government positions, the politics in this area tend to be conservative in nature.
The political climate in Zip 40808 (Big Laurel, KY) is very conservative.
Harlan County, KY is very conservative. In Harlan County, KY 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harlan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.6%.
Harlan county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40808 (Big Laurel, KY) is very conservative.
Big Laurel, Kentucky is very conservative.
Harlan 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.
Big Laurel, Kentucky: d 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 40808 (Big Laurel)
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 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)