The small town of Oneida, KY has a population of just over 500 people and is located in Clay County. Despite its small size, Oneida has an active political scene with local candidates running for office every year to represent the citizens. Currently, Jim Hinkle is running for mayor and Joe Smith and Beth Johnson are vying for town council seats. All three candidates have been campaigning door-to-door in the community to make sure their message gets heard. They have all taken stances on important topics such as taxes, public safety, economic development, and education reform that will directly affect the lives of citizens of Oneida. Their passion for making a difference in their hometown speaks volumes about the level of civic pride that exists in this small Kentucky town.
The political climate in Zip 40972 (Oneida, KY) is strongly conservative.
Clay County, KY is very conservative. In Clay County, KY 10.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.0% to 10.9%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40972 (Oneida, KY) is strongly conservative.
Oneida, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Clay 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.
Oneida, 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 40972 (Oneida)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $30 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)