The city of 40241 Louisville, KY is a vibrant and diverse community with an engaged and active political climate. With the recent mayoral election, Louisville has seen an influx of new ideas and energy in local politics. The city is home to many different political groups, from both major parties as well as independents. Local politicians are focused on uniting diverse communities together by promoting economic development, educational opportunities, environmental sustainability, and other important issues. Additionally, several organizations in the city are dedicated to advocating for social justice and providing resources to underserved communities. Through these efforts, 40241 Louisville is working towards strengthening its democracy – one vote at a time.
The political climate in Zip 40241 (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 40241 (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 40241 (Louisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,535 contributions totaling $467,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 562 contributions totaling $252,813 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)