Glendale, KY is a small town located in Hardin County. This rural community is home to approximately 1,346 people and has a strong sense of local pride. The residents of Glendale are generally supportive of their local government, which includes the City Council, Mayor, and Town Clerk. The City Council is responsible for establishing policies that guide the day-to-day operations of local government and it consists of 7 members who are elected by popular vote every two years. The Mayor serves as the chief executive of the community and works with the other members of the City Council to make decisions about important matters such as infrastructure and public safety. The Town Clerk is responsible for recording official documents and managing meetings. Local politics in Glendale are centered around these three positions and all candidates running for office must be approved by a majority vote from the residents before taking office.
The political climate in Zip 42740 (Glendale, KY) is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, KY is strongly conservative. In Hardin County, KY 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.0%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42740 (Glendale, KY) is strongly conservative.
Glendale, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox 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.
Glendale, 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 42740 (Glendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $6,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $772 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)