Edgewood, Kentucky is a small town located in Northern Kentucky. The politics of the town are unique compared to other towns in the area due to its relatively small population. The town's government is made up of an elected mayor and city council responsible for enacting laws and regulations that affect Edgewood citizens. Local elections are held every two years and include candidates from both major political parties. During these elections, citizens have the opportunity to vote for their preferred representative who will then be responsible for representing their interests in government. Despite its size, politics still plays an important role within Edgewood, as many of the issues that directly affect residents are discussed and debated by city leaders throughout its local government.
The political climate in Zip 41017 (Edgewood, KY) is moderately conservative.
Kenton County, KY is moderately conservative. In Kenton County, KY 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenton county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.3%.
Kenton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41017 (Edgewood, KY) is moderately conservative.
Edgewood, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Kenton County, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Edgewood, 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 41017 (Edgewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,584 contributions totaling $297,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 786 contributions totaling $467,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $595 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)