Politics in the 40223 Louisville, KY region is highly influential in the local community. It is represented by the Kentucky General Assembly, which is composed of 100 members and presided over by the Speaker of the House. In addition to state representatives, there are many other elected officials at the local level such as a Mayor, County Judge/Executive, County Commissioner, Council-members and School Board Members. These elected leaders are responsible for creating laws and policies that affect all members of this community, from residents to businesses. Louisville has a strong public transportation system, good schools and a thriving economy due to its diverse population and resources available. Local politics plays an important role in ensuring the continued success of these programs and initiatives by providing effective representation to their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 40223 (Louisville, KY) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, KY is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, KY 58.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 58.9% to 38.8%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40223 (Louisville, KY) is somewhat liberal.
Louisville, Kentucky is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Louisville, Kentucky: d d 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 40223 (Louisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 978 contributions totaling $222,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 570 contributions totaling $511,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $897 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)