Zip 40507 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) Voting


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The city of 40507 Lexington-Fayette, KY is the second largest city in Kentucky and is home to a vibrant political environment. The local government is comprised of an elected Mayor, who serves as the chief executive officer for the city, and a City Council consisting of 15 members. The City Council is responsible for passing ordinances to manage the affairs of the local government and provide services such as public transportation, sanitation services, police protection, and fire protection. There are also several state representatives who represent Lexington-Fayette in the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous political organizations that advocate for specific interests such as education reform or economic development. All these aspects combine to make 40507 Lexington-Fayette, KY a great place to live with a strong sense of community pride that shapes its politics.

The political climate in Zip 40507 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) is moderately liberal.

Fayette County, KY is moderately liberal. In Fayette County, KY 59.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.2% to 38.5%.
Fayette county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Zip 40507 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) is moderately liberal.


Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is moderately liberal.

Fayette County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.

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.

Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky: r r d d d D

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 40507 (Lexington-Fayette)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 348 contributions totaling $940,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,701 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $393,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,632 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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