The small town of Hi Hat, KY is an unincorporated community nestled in the Appalachian foothills of Leslie County. The town has a long history of politics, though its population size does not always reflect this. Political issues are often discussed among local residents and represented in state and federal legislation. There is a strong sense of pride and loyalty to the small community, with many families having called it home for generations. In terms of local political candidates, there seems to be no shortage of them from both parties vying for attention. For example, in 2018, five Republican candidates ran for county judge executive while one Democrat also ran. In the end, Johnathan Fulk won the election by a slim margin. This shows that citizens care deeply about their community and take an active interest in who represents them on a local level.
The political climate in Zip 41636 (Hi Hat, KY) is strongly conservative.
Floyd County, KY is very conservative. In Floyd County, KY 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Floyd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.8%.
Floyd county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41636 (Hi Hat, KY) is strongly conservative.
Hi Hat, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Floyd 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.
Hi Hat, Kentucky: D D 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 41636 (Hi Hat)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)