Shelbyville, KY is an active political community in the 40065 zip code. Residents of Shelbyville are engaged with political participation at various levels, from voting to attending town hall meetings and speaking their voice about local issues. The city has elected officials representing the area on a variety of boards, such as the Shelby County Board of Education, the Shelby County Fiscal Court, and the Shelbyville City Council. Additionally, there are campaigns for state and federal elections that involve members of the Shelbyville community. Furthermore, there are various organizations advocating for Shelbyville residents' needs through education and advocacy work. All together, these activities demonstrate how important politics are to this area and its residents.
The political climate in Zip 40065 (Shelbyville, KY) is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, KY is strongly conservative. In Shelby County, KY 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.3%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40065 (Shelbyville, KY) is moderately conservative.
Shelbyville, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, Kentucky is strongly 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.
Shelbyville, 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 40065 (Shelbyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 524 contributions totaling $48,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $69,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)