The small town of Williamsburg, KY is part of Whitley County and has a population of around 5,400 people. With a rich history dating back to the late 1700s, its political history has been just as intriguing. Williamsburg holds local city elections every two years to elect the mayor and six city council members. During these elections, citizens can vote for candidates that represent their beliefs and values within the city. The majority of political activity in Williamsburg is handled at the state level with representatives from both major parties vying for office on matters ranging from taxes and budgets to public safety and infrastructure needs. For more local issues, residents have the option to attend city council meetings on the second Tuesday of each month to voice their concerns or ask questions about current policies. Although most decisions are made at the state level, Williamsburg citizens still have a voice when it comes to making a difference in their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 40769 (Williamsburg, KY) is strongly conservative.
Whitley County, KY is very conservative. In Whitley County, KY 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whitley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.6%.
Whitley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40769 (Williamsburg, KY) is strongly conservative.
Williamsburg, Kentucky is strongly conservative.
Whitley County, Kentucky is very conservative.
London Metro Area is very 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.
Williamsburg, 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 40769 (Williamsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,053 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $11,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)