Glasgow, Kentucky is a small city located in 42141 zip code area. The city has a population of 14,000 people and is the county seat of Barren County. Glasgow is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected by the citizens to serve four year terms. The current mayor is Elaine Walker, who has been in office since 2020. The local government works to ensure that the city provides its citizens with quality services such as public safety, infrastructure development, economic growth, and recreational opportunities. Glasgow also has an active political scene with multiple organizations representing different political parties and philosophies making their presence known in the community. Political candidates come to the city regularly to meet with voters and discuss their platforms for the upcoming election cycle. These meetings provide residents with an opportunity to learn more about each candidate鈥檚 views on important issues affecting them locally and nationally. With more than 40 years of public service under its belt, Glasgow continues to be a place where politics matter and where citizens participate in their local government鈥檚 decisions.
The political climate in Zip 42141 (Glasgow, 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 42141 (Glasgow, KY) is very conservative.
Glasgow, 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.
Glasgow, 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 42141 (Glasgow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $202,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $125,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $846 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)