The politics in 40231 Louisville, KY have long been reflective of the larger political trends in the rest of the city and state. The area is primarily served by Democratic politicians, who have long represented its interests both on a local and state level. This includes a strong presence in the Kentucky General Assembly and Congress, with many Democratic members from Louisville taking up positions on key committees. On the local level, Louisville has a mayor-council form of government, with a popularly elected mayor responsible for leading the city's executive branch departments. Other important political posts include those of Metro Council Members who represent small districts within the city to ensure that citizens' needs are met. Louisville also participates in various federal, state, and private grant programs that help fund improvements throughout the area.
The political climate in Zip 40231 (Louisville, KY) is moderately 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 40231 (Louisville, KY) is moderately liberal.
Louisville, Kentucky is moderately 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 40231 (Louisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)