Wheatcroft, KY is a small town located in the western part of Kentucky with a population of just over 400 people. The town has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Michael Brown. The council consists of four members: Richard Smith, Mary Johnson, Robert Jones and Anna Williams. Local politics in Wheatcroft are focused on improving the community through investments in infrastructure, development initiatives, and public services. Additionally, the town's leaders have made efforts to prioritize economic growth and employment opportunities for their citizens. Wheatcroft's local government also works with state and federal agencies to ensure that they provide the best possible services to their constituents. In recent years, Wheatcroft has experienced an increase in commercial activity which has been beneficial for both businesses and residents alike.
The political climate in Zip 42463 (Wheatcroft, KY) is very conservative.
Webster County, KY is very conservative. In Webster County, KY 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.6%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42463 (Wheatcroft, KY) is very conservative.
Wheatcroft, Kentucky is very conservative.
Webster 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.
Wheatcroft, 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 42463 (Wheatcroft)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)