Stanton, Kentucky is a small rural town located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Despite its small size, Stanton's politics are as vibrant and diverse as any other city in Kentucky. Local elections draw significant interest from the community, with multiple candidates running in most races. Issues important to Stanton residents range from education and health care to economic development and job creation. All of these issues are debated robustly by the candidates vying for office, with voters ultimately deciding who will represent them. With an engaged electorate and passionate campaigns, Stanton's political scene is alive and well!
The political climate in Stanton, KY is strongly conservative.
Powell County, KY is very conservative. In Powell County, KY 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Powell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 24.8%.
Powell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanton, KY is strongly conservative.
Powell 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.
Stanton, 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 Stanton, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $16,706 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $9,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)