The 40503 zip code is located in the Lexington-Fayette area of Kentucky, which is part of Fayette County. Lexington-Fayette is a vibrant city with a rich history and culture and is home to many local politicians. The current mayor of Lexington-Fayette is Linda Gorton who was elected in 2018 to serve a four year term. On the state level, Kentucky has two U.S Senators - Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul - representing the people of Lexington-Fayette. In addition, Representative Andy Barr serves on the U.S House of Representatives for Fayette County and ensures that residents’ voices are heard at the national level. Locally, Fayette County has several prominent representatives such as Don Blevins Jr., Bill Farmer Jr., and Chuck Ellinger III serving in the state legislature to represent their constituents’ interests and needs. All these elected officials work together to ensure that Lexington-Fayette residents have access to quality public services while maintaining fiscal responsibility through well managed budgets.
The political climate in Zip 40503 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) is somewhat liberal.
Fayette County, KY is moderately liberal. In Fayette County, KY 59.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.2% to 38.5%.
Fayette county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 40503 (Lexington-Fayette, KY) is somewhat liberal.
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is somewhat liberal.
Fayette County, Kentucky is moderately liberal.
Lexington-Fayette Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky: r r d d d D
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 40503 (Lexington-Fayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,108 contributions totaling $250,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 388 contributions totaling $129,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)