The small city of Wickliffe, KY is located in Ballard County and has a population of just over 1,000 people. The citizens of Wickliffe are served by a mayor-council type of government consisting of six city council members and the mayor. The mayor is elected to serve a four-year term and the council members serve two-year terms. Local elections are held every two years in November with the current mayor being John Smith. The city council members consist of Robert Jones, Janet Brown, Mark Willams, Mike Smith, Larry Johnson, and Mary Davis. Residents of Wickliffe can vote for their preferred candidates during local elections as they strive to ensure that their voices are heard on the many issues that affect them within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 42087 (Wickliffe, KY) is very conservative.
Ballard County, KY is very conservative. In Ballard County, KY 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ballard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.5%.
Ballard county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 42087 (Wickliffe, KY) is very conservative.
Wickliffe, Kentucky is very conservative.
Ballard County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Paducah 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.
Wickliffe, Kentucky: d 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 42087 (Wickliffe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)