The town of Hindman, KY (zip code 41822) is a rural community located in Knott County in the Appalachian mountain region of eastern Kentucky. It has a rich cultural heritage and is home to many hardworking and dedicated citizens. Politically, the town leans conservative, as is typical for much of the area. The mayor of Hindman is currently Eddie Ratliff who was elected to office in 2019 for his third term. He is supported by a city council comprised of five members who are elected from each precinct within the town limits. Along with local elections, Hindman residents also vote on state and federal representatives. Kentucky's U.S congressional representative for this area is Hal Rogers, and he has served since 1981. State senate districts include Carl Rollins who serves District 33 and Brandon Smith who serves District 32. The state house district includes Adam Bowling representing District 93 and the county judge executive position is held by Randy Thompson who was elected in 2018.
The political climate in Zip 41822 (Hindman, KY) is strongly conservative.
Knott County, KY is very conservative. In Knott County, KY 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 22.6%.
Knott county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41822 (Hindman, KY) is strongly conservative.
Hindman, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Knott County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Hindman, 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 41822 (Hindman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $16,938 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $833 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)