Boyle County, Kentucky is a small county located in central Kentucky. It's politics are mainly dominated by the Democratic party. The county has had a long history of electing local democratic candidates, with most of its state representatives being from the same party. The current representative is Democrat Michael Riggs, who has been in office since 2014. He is passionate about the issues that matter to residents of Boyle County and works hard to make sure their voices are heard in Frankfort and Washington D.C. Additionally, Boyle County residents have consistently voted for Democratic presidential nominees over the past several election cycles. In terms of local government, there are five elected commissioners who serve as the legislative body of Boyle County and set fiscal policy for the county as well as enacting certain laws that affect all citizens in the area. Overall, the political landscape in Boyle County is strongly blue due to its long history of electing democratic officials both at state and local levels.
The political climate in Boyle County, KY is strongly conservative.
In Boyle County, KY 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boyle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 36.6%.
Boyle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boyle County, KY is strongly conservative.
Danville 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.
Boyle, 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 Boyle County, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,098 contributions totaling $93,553 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 312 contributions totaling $62,617 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)