Mortons Gap, KY is a small town located in Hopkins County. The current political landscape of the community is relatively quiet when it comes to local elections. The town has a mayor and six city council members who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of residents. Every 4 years, these positions are up for re-election. As a whole, Mortons Gap voters tend to lean toward more conservative political views and have traditionally been represented by members of the Republican Party. Despite this, the town has seen some growth in terms of Independents and Democratic candidates representing them in recent years. With its population just over 1,000 people, most citizens know each other well which leads to a strong sense of community involvement and engagement with local politics.
The political climate in Mortons Gap, KY is strongly conservative.
Hopkins County, KY is very conservative. In Hopkins County, KY 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hopkins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 25.3%.
Hopkins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mortons Gap, KY is strongly conservative.
Hopkins County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Madisonville 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.
Mortons Gap, 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 Mortons Gap, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $16,378 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $68,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)