Owensboro, Kentucky (42301) is a small city in the western part of the state that has a long history steeped in politics. It is home to many local politicians who serve on local and state levels, including representatives for the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate. State Senator Joey Hensley is the current representative for District 3, which includes Owensboro. The mayor of Owensboro is Tom Watson, who was previously elected to the Owensboro City Commission from 2004 to 2012. He was reelected as mayor in 2018 and serves alongside six other people on the commission. These are just a few examples of local officials who work to ensure that citizens of 42301 have their voices heard in political decisions.
The political climate in Zip 42301 (Owensboro, KY) is moderately conservative.
Daviess County, KY is strongly conservative. In Daviess County, KY 35.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42301 (Owensboro, KY) is moderately conservative.
Owensboro, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Daviess County, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Owensboro Metro Area is strongly 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.
Owensboro, 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 42301 (Owensboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $25,922 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $71,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)