Vanceburg, KY is a small town located in Lewis County. Although it is a small community, politics are important and impact all citizens. Vanceburg's local government is run by the mayor and city council. Each year, citizens of Vanceburg have the opportunity to vote for their choice of mayor or city council representatives. The current mayor is Robert McDaniel who has been in office for four years and will be up for re-election this November. Additionally, there are five City Council representatives whose terms end this May; these representatives will also need to be voted in by Vanceburg residents. It is important that citizens of Vanceburg stay informed about the candidates running for office and participate in the local political process so that they can have a say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Zip 41179 (Vanceburg, KY) is strongly conservative.
Lewis County, KY is very conservative. In Lewis County, KY 14.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.8% to 14.0%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41179 (Vanceburg, KY) is strongly conservative.
Vanceburg, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Lewis 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.
Vanceburg, 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 41179 (Vanceburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $2,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)