Hartford, KY is a small town located in the Owensboro-Daviess County metropolitan area. The town has a long history of political involvement and is currently governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of Hartford is R.D. Smallwood, who was elected in 2016 for a four year term. Hartford City Council consists of five members elected at-large to serve four year terms. Local politics are important to Hartford's residents, with many citizens actively engaging in the local political process and being vocal about their government and leaders. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform, public safety and other quality of life matters are frequently discussed during council meetings and other town hall events to ensure that their voices are heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 42347 (Hartford, KY) is very conservative.
Ohio County, KY is very conservative. In Ohio County, KY 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ohio county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.6%.
Ohio county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42347 (Hartford, KY) is very conservative.
Hartford, Kentucky is very conservative.
Ohio 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.
Hartford, 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 42347 (Hartford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $1,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $19,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $586 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)