Fleming-Neon, KY is a small town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains. Its politics are focused on local issues such as infrastructure, education, and economic development. The town has a strong sense of community and takes pride in its small-town roots. Local elections are often hotly contested by residents who have been living there for generations. Candidates typically focus on improving the quality of life for the citizens of Fleming-Neon while keeping their tax money local to fund important projects like repairing roads and increasing access to healthcare facilities. Since the population of Fleming-Neon is relatively small, candidates must work hard to build relationships with voters in order to be successful in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Fleming-Neon, KY is strongly conservative.
Letcher County, KY is very conservative. In Letcher County, KY 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Letcher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.7%.
Letcher county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fleming-Neon, KY is strongly conservative.
Letcher County, Kentucky 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.
Fleming-Neon, Kentucky: d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fleming-Neon, KY
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 1 contributions totaling $70 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)