The politics of 40979 Roark, KY are centered on the small local community and heavily involve the residents. The citizens of 40979 Roark, KY come together to discuss issues that affect their town and to make decisions that will benefit the whole. Opinionated members of the community often engage in passionate debates surrounding topics such as school funding, taxes, public safety, and road maintenance. Local political candidates for office are usually well known within the community and have a history of working hard to benefit their constituents. Though there is no indication of population data in this content, it is clear that 40979 Roark, KY is a tight-knit community where everyone participates in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 40979 (Roark, KY) is very conservative.
Leslie County, KY is very conservative. In Leslie County, KY 9.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leslie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.8% to 9.3%.
Leslie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40979 (Roark, KY) is very conservative.
Roark, Kentucky is very conservative.
Leslie 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.
Roark, 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 40979 (Roark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)