Williamsport, KY is a small town in Kentucky with a population just over 400 people. The political atmosphere of Williamsport is typical for small towns, with the local government focused on issues of taxation, zoning, public safety, and education. Local political candidates are often from one of the two major parties - Republican or Democratic - but their campaigns tend to be more focused on individual issues rather than strict party platforms. There are no term limits for local officeholders in Williamsport, so it's common to have long-standing officials who have been serving their community for many years. In recent years, there has been an effort to engage younger residents in local politics and encourage them to run for office. This has resulted in an influx of fresh perspectives and some interesting campaign ideas from both major parties.
The political climate in Zip 41271 (Williamsport, KY) is very conservative.
Johnson County, KY is very conservative. In Johnson County, KY 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.8%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 41271 (Williamsport, KY) is very conservative.
Williamsport, Kentucky is very conservative.
Johnson 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.
Williamsport, 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 41271 (Williamsport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,500 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)