The small town of 42130 Eighty Eight, KY is a tight knit community with a population of just over 2,000 people. Its citizens are involved in local politics and take their civic duties seriously. Residents often come together to discuss current events and the issues that affect their town. Local elections draw out a large voter base to decide on mayors and representatives for the City Council, while school board members are also elected by the constituents. Political debates among the residents can be heard at various public meetings. The community is actively engaged in local politics and has implemented numerous policies to ensure that their voices are heard in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Zip 42130 (Eighty Eight, KY) is very conservative.
Barren County, KY is very conservative. In Barren County, KY 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Barren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42130 (Eighty Eight, KY) is very conservative.
Eighty Eight, Kentucky is very conservative.
Barren County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Glasgow 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.
Eighty Eight, 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 zip 42130 (Eighty Eight)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)