Danville, KY is a small city with a population of just over 15,000 people. It has a long history of political involvement, with many local candidates running for elected office in recent years. Most recently, the 2018 primary election saw several local candidates vying for votes in various categories such as mayor, county judge executive, and city council members. The current mayor is Mike Perros, who was re-elected in 2018 to serve another four-year term. Other key political figures in Danville include Mary Ann Gilliam, who serves as County Judge Executive and Linda Smith-Shuller, who currently serves as City Council President. Local elections are typically held every two years and provide an important opportunity for citizens to weigh in on the issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 40422 (Danville, KY) is moderately conservative.
Boyle County, KY is strongly conservative. In Boyle County, KY 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boyle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 36.6%.
Boyle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40422 (Danville, KY) is moderately conservative.
Danville, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Boyle County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Danville Metro Area is very 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.
Danville, 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 40422 (Danville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,092 contributions totaling $92,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $60,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)