Politics in Covington, Kentucky is a point of focus for the city's citizens. Elections for local government officials take place on a regular basis and are important to the functioning of the city. The mayor of Covington is Joseph U. Meyer, who has held the position since 2012. He has worked hard to make sure the city's infrastructure is up-to-date and that public safety is maintained throughout the area. In addition to the mayor, there are also other members of local government including a Board of Commissioners, City Council and Fiscal Court that manage day-to-day operations of the city and represent its citizens in decisions that affect their lives. Citizens of Covington take pride in their representation and actively participate in local politics by attending meetings, voting in elections and voicing opinions on matters affecting their community.
The political climate in Covington, KY is leaning conservative.
Kenton County, KY is moderately conservative. In Kenton County, KY 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kenton county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.3%.
Kenton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Covington, KY is leaning conservative.
Kenton County, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Covington, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Covington, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,916 contributions totaling $951,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,305 contributions totaling $2,065,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $896 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)