The politics of 40291 Louisville, KY are guided by a combination of local and state government. The city's mayor is Greg Fischer, who is currently in his fourth consecutive term. He is represented on the Louisville Metro Council by members representing each district, including District 2 which includes 40291. Additionally, the state legislators representing the area are Senator Dorsey Ridley and Representatives Joni Jenkins and Jeffery Donohue. At the national level, Andy Barr represents Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District in Congress. With Mayor Fischer leading the city and a diverse team of representatives at all levels of government, Louisville residents can be sure their voices will be heard when it comes to important decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 40291 (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 40291 (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 40291 (Louisville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 402 contributions totaling $25,489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $56,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)