The 40509 Lexington-Fayette, KY is a vibrant and diverse city. Politically, the area is represented at the federal level by Andy Barr of Kentucky's 6th congressional district and Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate. The state level representatives include Savilla Jones in the State House of Representatives and Ralph Alvarado in the State Senate. Locally, Mayor Linda Gorton presides over the Urban County Council which consists of eleven members elected to represent specific districts within the city. Lexington-Fayette also has a wide array of other elected officials such as County Clerk Don Blevins Jr., Sheriff John K. Root and Police Chief Lawrence Weathers, who work together to ensure that local needs are met for all residents of 40509 Lexington-Fayette, KY.
The political climate in Zip 40509 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) is somewhat 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 40509 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) is somewhat liberal.
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is somewhat 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 40509 (Lexington-Fayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,787 contributions totaling $492,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 563 contributions totaling $360,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $640 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)