The politics in 41764 Smilax, KY are interesting and ever-changing. This small town of just over one thousand people is served by a mayor and four city council members who govern the public affairs of the town. Although there is no local political party affiliation, citizens have plenty of opportunity to get involved in their government through various elections that take place throughout the year. Local initiatives and referenda are also held occasionally to determine how funds should be allocated or what kind of development should be pursued in the area. Overall, residents seem content with the representation they receive from their elected officials and enjoy engaging in civic duties such as voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 41764 (Smilax, 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 41764 (Smilax, KY) is very conservative.
Smilax, 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.
Smilax, 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 41764 (Smilax)
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 1 contributions totaling $101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)