Dexter, KY is a small town located in Christian County, and as such is governed by the local Christian County government. The current mayor of Dexter is Suzie Smith, who was elected to the position for a four-year term in 2018. Along with the mayor, members of city council are elected every two years to represent their constituents' interests. The city council works closely with county and state officials on various initiatives to improve the town and its quality of life for all residents. In recent years, Dexter has seen significant growth in both economic development and population growth – due largely to its close proximity to Fort Campbell Army Base. Despite this growth, Dexter remains true to its roots as a small town community that values education, recreation, faith-based values, and a strong sense of community pride.
The political climate in Zip 42036 (Dexter, KY) is strongly conservative.
Calloway County, KY is strongly conservative. In Calloway County, KY 33.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calloway county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.2%.
Calloway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42036 (Dexter, KY) is strongly conservative.
Dexter, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Calloway County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Murray 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.
Dexter, 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 42036 (Dexter)
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 4 contributions totaling $2,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $731 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)