Editing Bath County, Kentucky (section)

== Politics ==
{{PresHead|place=Bath County, Kentucky|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|4,041|1,278|70|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|3,986|1,573|68|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|3,082|1,361|144|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|2,275|1,770|77|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,234|2,210|99|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|2,269|2,608|42|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|2,303|2,087|83|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,229|1,886|455|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,259|2,229|716|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,614|2,099|11|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,020|1,781|19|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,463|2,174|61|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|938|2,113|20|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,919|1,347|16|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,277|1,394|660|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,009|2,571|7|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,888|2,066|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,889|2,221|15|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,737|2,400|5|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,276|2,287|56|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,581|2,184|8|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,636|2,528|12|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,725|2,795|10|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,576|2,909|20|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,223|1,830|8|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,723|2,093|21|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|1,997|2,440|22|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,360|1,796|24|Kentucky}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|1,002|1,477|278|Kentucky}}
Throughout the 20th century, Bath County was overwhelmingly Democratic, only voting the other way in the Republican landslides of 1928, 1972, and 1984. However, in 2000, George W. Bush flipped the county into the Republican column. Bath County was one of the few counties in Kentucky to flip from Bush to Kerry in 2004. Despite Barack Obama's indomitable midwestern strength in 2008, Bath County was one of the small number of counties to flip from Kerry to McCain that year, although Obama lost it very narrowly. In 2016, Donald Trump won over two-thirds of the vote in Bath County.

Despite its Republican devotion in presidential elections, Bath County still retains loyalty to state and local Democrats, as they have not voted for a Republican gubernatorial candidate since 1919.

===Elected officials===
{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Elected officials as of January 3, 2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/smembers_county.html |title=Senate Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/hmembers_county.html |title=House Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
|- 
!rowspan=2 | [[U.S. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Hal Rogers]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|5|B}}
|-
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Andy Barr (American politician)|Andy Barr]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|6|B}}
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky Senate|Ky. Senate]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Greg Elkins]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Kentucky's 28th Senate district|28]]
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky House of Representatives|Ky. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[David Hale (Kentucky politician)|David Hale]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|74
|}

===Voter Registration===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" | Bath County Voter Registration & Party Enrollment as of February 17, 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elect.ky.gov/Resources/Documents/voterstatscounty-20200217-074534.pdf|title=Archived copy |access-date=March 14, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126165602/https://vr.sos.ky.gov/stats/voterstatscounty.pdf |archive-date=November 26, 2014}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Political Party
! Total Voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| align="center" | 6,940
| align="center" | 72.53%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| align="center" | 2,160
| align="center" | 22.57%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Others
| align="center" | 354
| align="center" | 3.70%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| Independent
| align="center" | 103
| align="center" | 1.08%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 0.08%
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Green Party (United States)|Green]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0.01%
|-
| {{party color cell|Constitution Party (United States)}}
| [[Constitution Party (United States)|Constitution]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0.01%
|-
| {{party color cell|Reform Party of the United States of America}}
| [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0.01%
|-
| {{party color cell|Socialist Workers Party (United States)}}
| [[Socialist Workers Party (United States)|Socialist Workers]]
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 0.01%
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! align="center" | 9,569
! align="center" | 100%
|}

===Statewide Elections===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|+ Previous gubernatorial elections results
|- bgcolor="lightgrey"
! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[2023 Kentucky gubernatorial election|2023]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |44.19% ''1,515''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''55.81%''' ''1,913''
| align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2019|2019]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |46.09% ''1,672''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''51.98%''' ''1,886''
| align="center" |1.93% ''70''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2015|2015]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |46.65% ''1,045''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''49.87%''' ''1,117''
| align="center" |3.48% ''78''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2011|2011]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |22.61% ''417''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''58.62%''' ''1,081''
| align="center" |18.76% ''346''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2007|2007]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |33.09% ''1,136''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''66.91%''' ''2,297''
| align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 2003|2003]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |42.56% ''1,398''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''57.44%''' ''1,887''
| align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 1999|1999]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |15.89% ''197''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''55.00%''' ''682''
| align="center" |29.11% ''202''
|-
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |[[Kentucky gubernatorial election, 1995|1995]]
| align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3" |41.41% ''1,309''
| align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0ff" |'''58.34%''' ''1,844''
| align="center" |0.00% ''0''
|}
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