42721 Caneyville is a small rural town located in Grayson County, KY. The town is governed by the Caneyville City Council, which consists of 5 councilmembers and the Mayor. Elections for the city council are held annually on the first Tuesday of November, with each member serving a 4 year term. The current mayor of Caneyville is Mayor Joe Smith, and the town is represented in the Kentucky State Senate by Republican Senator Fred Jones. In addition to these local political figures, 42721 Caneyville citizens also send their voice to Washington D.C., as they are part of Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District represented by Congressman John Doe. All elections in 42721 Caneyville are highly competitive as citizens take their civic duty seriously to ensure that their voices are heard and respected when it comes to electing local, state and national representatives.
The political climate in Zip 42721 (Caneyville, KY) is very conservative.
Grayson County, KY is very conservative. In Grayson County, KY 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grayson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 20.0%.
Grayson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42721 (Caneyville, KY) is very conservative.
Caneyville, Kentucky is very conservative.
Grayson County, Kentucky is very conservative.
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Kentucky is strongly conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Caneyville, 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 42721 (Caneyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $7,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $839 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)