The small community of East Bernstadt, KY is an area steeped in political tradition. With its origins dating back to the early 1800s, the town has a rich history of civic engagement and local involvement in government affairs. While East Bernstadt does not have its own formal political candidates, it still takes an active part in Kentucky state and national politics. Residents vote regularly on issues that affect their lives both locally and statewide, and they are passionate about protecting the rights and liberties of all citizens. East Bernstadt is a close-knit community that takes pride in keeping informed on current events and taking part in civil discourse with their fellow citizens.
The political climate in Zip 40729 (East Bernstadt, KY) is very conservative.
Laurel County, KY is very conservative. In Laurel County, KY 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laurel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 15.9%.
Laurel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40729 (East Bernstadt, KY) is very conservative.
East Bernstadt, Kentucky is very conservative.
Laurel County, Kentucky is very conservative.
London 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.
East Bernstadt, 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 40729 (East Bernstadt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $71,840 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,477 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)