The 10 Most Liberal Cities In Kentucky For 2023


The most liberal cities in Kentucky are Lexington-Fayette Urban County and Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government (Balance) for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

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

In this article, we will explore some of the most liberal cities in Kentucky, where progressive ideas and inclusive attitudes flourish.

If you’re looking to move to Kentucky and want to know where the majority of Kentuckians lean left, you’ve come to the right place.

Specifically, we wanted to know which cities have the highest number of liberal voters in the Bluegrass State.

To do so, we analyzed how the people in each city in Kentucky with a population greater than 5,000 voted during the last presidential election. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Democrat were named the most liberal cities in the state.

The 10 Most Liberal Places In Kentucky For 2023:

  1. Lexington-Fayette urban county)
  2. Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance))
  3. Jeffersontown
  4. St. Matthews
  5. Shively
  6. Lyndon
  7. Middletown
  8. Douglass Hills
  9. Frankfort
  10. Versailles

If you’re wondering, London is the most conservative city in Kentucky of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our 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 liberal cities in Kentucky.

And if you already knew these places were liberal, check out some more reading about Kentucky and the most liberal places in the country:

Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table

The 10 Most Liberal Places In Kentucky For 2023

1. Lexington-Fayette Urban County

Source: Public Domain
Percent Democrat: 59.3%
More on Lexington-Fayette Urban County: Real Estate

2. Louisville/jefferson County Metro Government (Balance)

Source: Public Domain
Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on Louisville/jefferson County Metro Government (Balance): Real Estate

3. Jeffersontown

Jeffersontown, KY

Source: Wikipedia User Angry Aspie (talk) | CC BY 3.0
Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on Jeffersontown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. St. Matthews

St. Matthews, KY

Source: Wikipedia User | CC-BY-2.5
Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on St. Matthews: Data | Crime | Real Estate

5. Shively

Shively, KY

Source: Wikipedia User | CC-BY-2.5
Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on Shively: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Lyndon

Lyndon, KY

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on Lyndon: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Middletown

Middletown, KY

Source: Wikipedia User Angry Aspie (talk) | CC BY 3.0
Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on Middletown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Douglass Hills

Percent Democrat: 59.1%
More on Douglass Hills: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Frankfort

Frankfort, KY

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 48.5%
More on Frankfort: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Versailles

Versailles, KY

Source: Wikipedia User W.marsh | GFDL
Percent Democrat: 42.9%
More on Versailles: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How we determined the most liberal cities in Kentucky for 2023

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

Straight forward.

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 lean the most leftward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For Democratic 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 Democrats, 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.

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

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

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Summing Up The Liberal Snowflakes in Kentucky

Well, there you have it, the places in Kentucky that have the highest number of liberals per capita, with Lexington-Fayette Urban County ranking as the least conservative in the entire state.

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

  1. London
  2. Williamsburg
  3. Corbin

For more Kentucky reading, check out:

Most Liberal Places In Kentucky

Rank City Population % Liberal
1 Lexington-Fayette Urban County, KY 321,354 59.3%
2 Louisville/jefferson County Metro Government (Balance), KY 630,260 59.1%
3 Jeffersontown, KY 28,800 59.1%
4 St. Matthews, KY 17,588 59.1%
5 Shively, KY 15,638 59.1%
6 Lyndon, KY 11,033 59.1%
7 Middletown, KY 9,473 59.1%
8 Douglass Hills, KY 5,480 59.1%
9 Frankfort, KY 28,479 48.5%
10 Versailles, KY 10,196 42.9%
11 Bowling Green, KY 71,422 40.6%
12 Fort Thomas, KY 17,241 39.7%
13 Newport, KY 14,378 39.7%
14 Alexandria, KY 10,125 39.7%
15 Highland Heights, KY 6,896 39.7%
16 Cold Spring, KY 6,208 39.7%
17 Dayton, KY 5,641 39.7%
18 Bellevue, KY 5,578 39.7%
19 Covington, KY 40,930 39.3%
20 Independence, KY 28,256 39.3%
21 Erlanger, KY 19,506 39.3%
22 Elsmere, KY 9,080 39.3%
23 Fort Mitchell, KY 8,618 39.3%
24 Edgewood, KY 8,427 39.3%
25 Villa Hills, KY 7,331 39.3%
26 Taylor Mill, KY 6,834 39.3%
27 Fort Wright, KY 5,845 39.3%
28 Walton, KY 5,333 39.3%
29 Morehead, KY 6,994 38.6%
30 La Grange, KY 9,901 38.2%
31 Crestwood, KY 6,046 38.2%
32 Elizabethtown, KY 31,066 37.0%
33 Radcliff, KY 22,839 37.0%
34 Vine Grove, KY 6,397 37.0%
35 Henderson, KY 28,201 36.9%
36 Danville, KY 17,164 36.6%
37 Georgetown, KY 36,281 36.5%
38 Richmond, KY 34,662 35.5%
39 Berea, KY 15,465 35.5%
40 Owensboro, KY 59,839 35.1%
41 Hopkinsville, KY 30,771 34.8%
42 Oak Grove, KY 7,699 34.8%
43 Shelbyville, KY 16,932 34.3%
44 Paris, KY 10,202 34.2%
45 Paducah, KY 26,248 33.4%
46 Murray, KY 17,241 33.2%
47 Winchester, KY 18,993 33.1%
48 Nicholasville, KY 31,066 32.6%
49 Wilmore, KY 6,025 32.6%
50 Ashland, KY 21,695 32.6%
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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