Mount Vernon, KY 40456 is a small town located in Rockcastle County. It is overseen by the Mount Vernon City Council, which consists of five elected members who work together to make important decisions about the town. The current council members are Mayor Steve Fannin, Vice Mayor Angelia Toomey, Council Members Bill Archer, Chris Caudill and Kathryn Taylor. They work diligently to ensure that the citizens of Mount Vernon have access to quality services such as public safety, education, recreation and other resources necessary for a healthy community. The current council members are committed to making sure that the residents of Mount Vernon feel safe and secure in their own homes and neighborhoods. Through their hard work and dedication, they strive to create an environment where all residents feel welcomed and respected.
The political climate in Zip 40456 (Mount Vernon, KY) is very conservative.
Rockcastle County, KY is very conservative. In Rockcastle County, KY 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockcastle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.5% to 14.6%.
Rockcastle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40456 (Mount Vernon, KY) is very conservative.
Mount Vernon, Kentucky is very conservative.
Rockcastle County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Richmond-Berea 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 40456 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $3,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $10,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)