Monticello, Kentucky is a small city located in Wayne County. It is governed by a mayor and city council system, with elections held every four years for the mayor and two-year terms for the council members. The mayor of Monticello is responsible for setting policy goals, preparing an annual budget, providing administrative oversight to all departments and representing the city when speaking with other government officials or members of the public. The city council consists of five members elected at large from the community who serve as legislative policy makers for the municipality. They work together to pass ordinances, approve budgets, and provide guidance on various matters concerning the people of Monticello. As part of their responsibilities, they also review zoning regulations, consider applications for new businesses in the area, and address citizen concerns.
The political climate in Monticello, KY is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, KY is very conservative. In Wayne County, KY 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monticello, KY is moderately conservative.
Wayne 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.
Monticello, 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 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 Monticello, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $5,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $9,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)