Sparta, KY is a small town located in Gallatin County. Although it is a small community, 41086 Sparta has an active political climate and robust civic engagement. The city is part of the 8th Congressional District and is represented by Representative Thomas Massie. Several local political offices serve the citizens of Sparta, including a mayor, members of the Board of Education, and local representatives on the City Council. Additionally, Sparta has several active civic organizations that strive to improve the well-being of their city such as Sparta Chamber of Commerce and Friends of Sparta’s Park. Each year Sparta residents come out to vote in local elections for those who will represent them in government offices.
The political climate in Zip 41086 (Sparta, KY) is very conservative.
Gallatin County, KY is very conservative. In Gallatin County, KY 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallatin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.4%.
Gallatin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41086 (Sparta, KY) is very conservative.
Sparta, Kentucky is very conservative.
Gallatin County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sparta, 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 41086 (Sparta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $75 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)