The politics in 40055 Pendleton, KY is an interesting and diverse mix of candidates from both major political parties. The local level of politics in the town is a vital part of the community, as it is responsible for creating and maintaining policies that affect all residents. In past years, many different candidates have run for office, but some of the most recent names include Republicans Jason Willis and Dan Schmitt, and Democrats Mary McCollum and Heather Burton. Each candidate brings a unique set of experience to the table and strives to serve their constituents with their own values and ideas. Together, they form an influential group that works to shape the future of 40055 Pendleton, KY.
The political climate in Zip 40055 (Pendleton, KY) is very conservative.
Henry County, KY is very conservative. In Henry County, KY 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.4%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40055 (Pendleton, KY) is very conservative.
Pendleton, Kentucky is very conservative.
Henry County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pendleton, 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 40055 (Pendleton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 762 contributions totaling $47,485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)