The politics of 40229 Louisville, KY is an interesting mix of local and state government. The city council is made up of representatives from each neighborhood in the district and their decisions have a direct impact on the area's residents. On the state level, Louisville is part of Kentucky's 5th Congressional District which is currently represented by Democrat John Yarmuth. He has been in office since 2007 and works to ensure his constituents have access to quality health care, education, housing opportunities, and economic security. In addition, there are several local organizations that focus on advocating for issues such as criminal justice reform and economic equity. Through these organizations, citizens can make their voices heard in order to shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 40229 (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 40229 (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 40229 (Louisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 432 contributions totaling $21,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $6,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)