41701 Hazard, KY is a small community located in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky. The people here have historically been politically conservative and traditional values are highly valued. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on supporting strong local businesses, and on environmental issues such as protecting the region's natural resources. Local politics in 41701 Hazard, KY typically involve promoting economic development initiatives, increasing access to quality health care services and education opportunities, protecting public lands and waterways, and advocating for improved infrastructure. Local political candidates are held accountable for delivering on their promises to better the lives of their constituents. Issues like job growth, poverty reduction, public safety and environmental protection often dominate the local political landscape in 41701 Hazard, KY.
The political climate in Zip 41701 (Hazard, KY) is strongly conservative.
Perry County, KY is very conservative. In Perry County, KY 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 22.2%.
Perry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41701 (Hazard, KY) is strongly conservative.
Hazard, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Perry 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.
Hazard, Kentucky: d 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 41701 (Hazard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 854 contributions totaling $24,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $46,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)