42647 Stearns, KY is an unincorporated community located in McCreary County. It is a small rural area with a sparse population. Despite its small population, 42647 Stearns, KY has a vibrant local politics that affects the people living there. From county commissions to state representatives, the political landscape of 42647 Stearns, KY is made up of individuals and organizations who are working to ensure that the diverse needs of its residents are met. Local political candidates seeking office make their cases before voters on issues such as economic development, healthcare access, education reform and more. The politicians representing this area strive to listen to and act on the concerns of locals while still promoting a sense of unity throughout the community.
The political climate in Zip 42647 (Stearns, KY) is very conservative.
McCreary County, KY is very conservative. In McCreary County, KY 11.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCreary county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.0% to 11.3%.
McCreary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42647 (Stearns, KY) is very conservative.
Stearns, Kentucky is very conservative.
McCreary County, Kentucky is very conservative.
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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.
Stearns, 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 42647 (Stearns)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $56,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,616 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)