The small town of Olmstead, KY is a quaint community in 42265 where the people take great pride in their local political system. All decisions made in Olmstead involve the input of its citizens, and their opinions are taken into account. Local elections feature candidates from various political backgrounds, all competing for the public’s votes. Although these candidates come from different perspectives and values, they share the same commitment to the betterment of the community. They strive to make changes that will benefit everyone in town and work together for the benefit of all its citizens. The residents of Olmstead take part in lively debates on politics every year as they decide which candidate should represent them in office.
The political climate in Zip 42265 (Olmstead, KY) is very conservative.
Logan County, KY is very conservative. In Logan County, KY 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 25.1%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42265 (Olmstead, KY) is very conservative.
Olmstead, Kentucky is very conservative.
Logan County, Kentucky is very conservative.
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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.
Olmstead, 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 42265 (Olmstead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 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)