The city of 40069 Springfield, KY is an active part of the state's political landscape. From local representatives to state-level officials, the entire community has a stake in shaping its future. The current mayor is Karen Bergman, who was elected to office in 2016. The City Council consists of eight members who are responsible for setting policy and overseeing municipal operations. At the state level, Kentucky’s US Senators are Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul and its US Representatives are Brett Guthrie and John Yarmuth. On the Kentucky state level, Governor Andy Beshear leads a Democratic majority in both houses of the General Assembly. Through their collective efforts, all levels of government strive to create policies that benefit Springfield's residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Zip 40069 (Springfield, KY) is very conservative.
Washington County, KY is very conservative. In Washington County, KY 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40069 (Springfield, KY) is very conservative.
Springfield, Kentucky is very conservative.
Washington 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.
Springfield, 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 40069 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $3,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $19,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)