The small town of Hitchins, KY is located in the heart of Kentucky and despite its small size, it has a vibrant political culture. Although there are no local political candidates in this rural town, the residents still take an active interest in state and national politics. In recent years, much of the community's attention has been focused on elections for governor and senator as well as issues involving taxation and healthcare. Despite having a population of fewer than 500 people, Hitchins is full of civic-minded citizens who are passionate about making sure their voices are heard at all levels of government. The town is also home to several voter registration drives that encourage residents to participate in local elections. Overall, the people of Hitchins take their political involvement very seriously and strive to make sure their needs are met by those in power.
The political climate in Zip 41146 (Hitchins, KY) is very conservative.
Carter County, KY is very conservative. In Carter County, KY 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 22.8%.
Carter county voted Republican in five of the six previous Presidential elections (2004 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41146 (Hitchins, KY) is very conservative.
Hitchins, Kentucky is very conservative.
Carter 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.
Hitchins, Kentucky: r 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 41146 (Hitchins)
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)