Scalf, KY is a small town with a population of around 600 people. It is located in Whitley County and falls within the 37th district of the Kentucky State House of Representatives. The current Representative is Michael Meredith, who was first elected in 2016 and is running for reelection this November. There are no local political candidates running in Scalf, as state and national elections take precedence. However, Scalf residents are still very involved in politics by attending rallies, participating in debates, and showing up to vote on election day. Despite its size, Scalf residents understand how important it is to be politically engaged and make sure their voices are heard on issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 40982 (Scalf, KY) is strongly conservative.
Knox County, KY is very conservative. In Knox County, KY 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.0% to 15.9%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40982 (Scalf, KY) is strongly conservative.
Scalf, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Knox County, Kentucky is very conservative.
London Metro Area is very 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.
Scalf, 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 40982 (Scalf)
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)