Knifley, KY is a small rural town of 42753 located in Adair County. Although it is not a highly politically active community, there are local political candidates that work hard to represent the residents of Knifley. The current mayor is Bill Sparks, who has been in office since 2015 and is running for re-election. Other local politicians include county commissioners, school board members, and city council members who have recently been voted in for their respective positions. They all take part in upholding the city’s policies and regulations, as well as ensuring that the needs of the people are met. All together they strive to make Knifley a better place for its citizens and visitors.
The political climate in Zip 42753 (Knifley, KY) is very conservative.
Adair County, KY is very conservative. In Adair County, KY 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.0% to 15.9%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42753 (Knifley, KY) is very conservative.
Knifley, Kentucky is very conservative.
Adair 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.
Knifley, 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 42753 (Knifley)
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)