The city of 42254 LaFayette, KY is a bustling community that is home to many vibrant people. There is a rich political landscape in the area and residents are encouraged to participate in local politics. Every election season, the city of LaFayette has several candidates who run for office ranging from the mayor to county commissioner. All candidates have unique platforms that they bring to the race and provide important insight on how to best serve the community. The local government is committed to ensuring that everyone's voice is heard when it comes to decision-making. Residents can stay up-to-date with current news and events by attending council meetings or reading up on local politics online. Being involved in LaFayette’s political scene will ensure that each citizen’s opinion matters and that all perspectives are taken into account when forming policies that affect everyone in the community.
The political climate in Zip 42254 (LaFayette, KY) is strongly conservative.
Christian County, KY is strongly conservative. In Christian County, KY 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 34.8%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42254 (LaFayette, KY) is strongly conservative.
LaFayette, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Christian County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Clarksville Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
LaFayette, 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 42254 (LaFayette)
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)