The town of Mortons Gap, KY 42440 is a small, rural community located in Hopkins County. While it has relatively few residents, politics still plays an important role in the area. Local elections are held every two years to elect city officials and representatives to the county government. The elected officials then work together to make decisions that impact the residents of Mortons Gap. Issues like economic development and public safety are commonly discussed at meetings and decisions are made based on what is best for the community as a whole. Additionally, local advocacy groups often organize around particular issues of importance in the area and represent their interests to those in power. This allows residents to have a say in how their town is run and helps keep elected officials accountable to the people they serve.
The political climate in Zip 42440 (Mortons Gap, KY) is strongly conservative.
Hopkins County, KY is very conservative. In Hopkins County, KY 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hopkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 25.3%.
Hopkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42440 (Mortons Gap, KY) is strongly conservative.
Mortons Gap, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Hopkins County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Madisonville Metro Area is very 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.
Mortons Gap, Kentucky: R R R R R R
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 42440 (Mortons Gap)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)