The small city of London, Kentucky, with a population of approximately 8,000 people, is situated in Laurel County. It operates under a mayor-council form of government and holds elections every two years to name local political candidates. The current mayor is Troy Rudder and the council members are Mary Ann Gullett, Roger “Buddy” Brown, David Luttrell, Michael Osborne, and Rickey Jones. These elected officials work hard to ensure that the citizens of London are receiving quality public services and making informed decisions about their future. Furthermore they are committed to creating an environment where residents feel safe and empowered by the government. The politics in London are focused on improving quality of life for all citizens while preserving its unique culture and history. In addition, the elected officials strive to bring new businesses into town while maintaining existing ones. Overall London's political climate works towards fostering a vibrant community that will serve as an example for other cities around the state.
The political climate in Zip 40744 (London, KY) is very conservative.
Laurel County, KY is very conservative. In Laurel County, KY 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laurel county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 15.9%.
Laurel county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40744 (London, KY) is very conservative.
London, Kentucky is very conservative.
Laurel County, Kentucky is very conservative.
London Metro Area is very 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.
London, 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 40744 (London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $21,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $22,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)