Located in Todd County, Kentucky, the city of Elkton is a small rural town with a population of about 1,693 people. Despite its small size, Elkton is home to important local political representatives who are dedicated to upholding the values and interests of the city's residents. Representatives from both major parties serve as representatives for Elkton and its citizens in Frankfort – the state capital. These representatives work hard to ensure that the needs of all Elkton citizens are heard and addressed in state decisions that will ultimately benefit their community. In addition, local elections are held on a regular basis to elect officials who will continue to represent their district’s best interests as well as their own. All citizens have an opportunity to participate in these elections by voting for the candidates they believe will best serve their community. Overall, politics play an important role within Elkton and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Zip 42220 (Elkton, KY) is very conservative.
Todd County, KY is very conservative. In Todd County, KY 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.5%.
Todd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42220 (Elkton, KY) is very conservative.
Elkton, Kentucky is very conservative.
Todd County, Kentucky is very conservative.
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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.
Elkton, 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 42220 (Elkton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $2,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $12,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $665 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)