Keene, KY is a small city located in the countryside of Kentucky. It has a population of around 600 people and is located within the county of Jackson. Although Keene does not have its own local political candidates, it is part of the greater political landscape in Kentucky. The state legislature provides representation for Keene, advocating on behalf of the local community in Frankfort. Issues that are important to the Keene community include education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. The state legislative representatives from both major parties work together to ensure that these issues are addressed as best as possible at the state level. Additionally, Jackson County also has a significant role in deciding local policies that directly affect citizens in Keene. With their guidance and direction, many positive changes continue to be made across the county to benefit everyone who calls this area home.
The political climate in Zip 40339 (Keene, KY) is strongly conservative.
Jessamine County, KY is very conservative. In Jessamine County, KY 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jessamine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.6%.
Jessamine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40339 (Keene, KY) is strongly conservative.
Keene, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Jessamine County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Keene, 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 40339 (Keene)
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 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)