The small town of Buffalo, KY, located in Warren County, is home to less than 300 residents who pride themselves on their close-knit community and rural values. While the population of Buffalo may be small, the local politics are still important to the citizens living within it. This is why each election cycle, locals come together to discuss their views and elect representatives that share their beliefs. On a state level, Kentucky's Senate District 5 is represented by Senator Mike Wilson and House District 12 is represented by Representative Steven Rudy. Both candidates have served for many years and have been committed to providing quality representation for their constituents. As a whole, the people of Buffalo are passionate about protecting their right to bear arms and preserving conservative values like limited government and fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 42716 (Buffalo, KY) is very conservative.
Larue County, KY is very conservative. In Larue County, KY 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Larue county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.6%.
Larue county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42716 (Buffalo, KY) is very conservative.
Buffalo, Kentucky is very conservative.
Larue County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox Metro Area is strongly 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.
Buffalo, 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 42716 (Buffalo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $47 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)