The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Kentucky For 2023


The most conservative cities in Kentucky are Corbin and London for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: November 3, 2023

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Kentucky would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Bluegrass State?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in Kentucky with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.

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The 10 most conservative places in Kentucky for 2023

  1. Corbin
  2. London
  3. Williamsburg
  4. Middlesborough
  5. Somerset
  6. Monticello
  7. Pikeville
  8. Leitchfield
  9. Mayfield
  10. Hazard)

If you’re wondering, Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the most liberal city in Kentucky of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Kentucky.

Additional reading about Kentucky and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In Kentucky For 2023

1. Corbin

Corbin, KY

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 83.0%
More on Corbin: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. London

London, KY

Source: Wikipedia User w.marsh | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 82.7%
More on London: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Williamsburg

Williamsburg, KY

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 81.9%
More on Williamsburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Middlesborough

Middlesborough, KY

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 81.0%
More on Middlesborough: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Somerset

Somerset, KY

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 80.7%
More on Somerset: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Monticello

Monticello, KY

Source: Wikipedia User W.marsh | GFDL

Percent Republican: 80.4%
More on Monticello: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Pikeville

Pikeville, KY

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 79.9%
More on Pikeville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Leitchfield

Leitchfield, KY

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 78.9%
More on Leitchfield: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Mayfield

Mayfield, KY

Source: Flickr User pasa47 | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 77.6%
More on Mayfield: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Hazard

Hazard, KY

Source: Wikipedia User | CC-BY-SA-3.0

Percent Republican: 76.5%
More on Hazard: Real Estate

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How we determined the most conservative cities in Kentucky for 2023

To find the most conservative places in Kentucky, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in Kentucky over 5,000 people based on the 2017-2021 American Community Survey. That left us with 80 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 80 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Corbin, is “The Most Conservative City in Kentucky For 2023”. The most liberal place in Kentucky was Lexington-Fayette Urban County.

We updated this article for 2023. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in Kentucky.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in Kentucky

Well, there you have it, the places in Kentucky that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Corbin ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in Kentucky:

  1. Lexington-Fayette Urban County
  2. Middletown
  3. Douglass Hills

For more Kentucky reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In Kentucky

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Corbin, KY 8,397 83.0%
2 London, KY 7,492 82.7%
3 Williamsburg, KY 5,272 81.9%
4 Middlesborough, KY 9,493 81.0%
5 Somerset, KY 11,696 80.7%
6 Monticello, KY 5,782 80.4%
7 Pikeville, KY 7,376 79.9%
8 Leitchfield, KY 6,427 78.9%
9 Mayfield, KY 10,041 77.6%
10 Hazard, KY 5,236 76.5%
11 Princeton, KY 6,206 76.3%
12 Campbellsville, KY 11,345 74.9%
13 Central City, KY 5,958 73.8%
14 Russellville, KY 7,068 73.4%
15 Madisonville, KY 19,533 73.3%
16 Hillview, KY 8,638 73.2%
17 Shepherdsville, KY 13,918 73.2%
18 Mount Washington, KY 17,723 73.2%
19 Glasgow, KY 14,922 73.1%
20 Lawrenceburg, KY 11,675 72.9%
21 Harrodsburg, KY 8,952 72.5%
22 Flatwoods, KY 7,314 71.9%
23 Cynthiana, KY 6,291 71.5%
24 Mount Sterling, KY 7,517 70.1%
25 Maysville, KY 8,851 68.8%
26 Lebanon, KY 6,165 68.5%
27 Bardstown, KY 13,425 67.6%
28 Franklin, KY 9,885 67.4%
29 Walton, KY 5,333 66.9%
30 Union, KY 7,227 66.9%
31 Florence, KY 31,699 66.9%
32 Ashland, KY 21,695 65.8%
33 Winchester, KY 18,993 65.2%
34 Nicholasville, KY 31,066 65.1%
35 Wilmore, KY 6,025 65.1%
36 Paducah, KY 26,248 65.1%
37 Murray, KY 17,241 65.1%
38 Paris, KY 10,202 64.2%
39 Shelbyville, KY 16,932 63.9%
40 Oak Grove, KY 7,699 63.2%
41 Hopkinsville, KY 30,771 63.2%
42 Owensboro, KY 59,839 63.0%
43 Berea, KY 15,465 62.3%
44 Richmond, KY 34,662 62.3%
45 Henderson, KY 28,201 61.5%
46 Georgetown, KY 36,281 61.4%
47 Danville, KY 17,164 61.3%
48 Vine Grove, KY 6,397 61.0%
49 Radcliff, KY 22,839 61.0%
50 Elizabethtown, KY 31,066 61.0%
51 Crestwood, KY 6,046 59.7%
52 La Grange, KY 9,901 59.7%
53 Morehead, KY 6,994 59.6%
54 Independence, KY 28,256 58.6%
55 Covington, KY 40,930 58.6%
56 Erlanger, KY 19,506 58.6%
57 Taylor Mill, KY 6,834 58.6%
58 Fort Mitchell, KY 8,618 58.6%
59 Villa Hills, KY 7,331 58.6%
60 Elsmere, KY 9,080 58.6%
61 Fort Wright, KY 5,845 58.6%
62 Edgewood, KY 8,427 58.6%
63 Newport, KY 14,378 58.3%
64 Highland Heights, KY 6,896 58.3%
65 Dayton, KY 5,641 58.3%
66 Alexandria, KY 10,125 58.3%
67 Cold Spring, KY 6,208 58.3%
68 Bellevue, KY 5,578 58.3%
69 Fort Thomas, KY 17,241 58.3%
70 Bowling Green, KY 71,422 57.4%
71 Versailles, KY 10,196 55.0%
72 Frankfort, KY 28,479 49.5%
73 Lyndon, KY 11,033 39.0%
74 Jeffersontown, KY 28,800 39.0%
75 Shively, KY 15,638 39.0%
76 St. Matthews, KY 17,588 39.0%
77 Louisville/jefferson County Metro Government (Balance), KY 630,260 39.0%
78 Douglass Hills, KY 5,480 39.0%
79 Middletown, KY 9,473 39.0%
80 Lexington-Fayette Urban County, KY 321,354 38.5%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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