The city of Covington, KY, located in Kenton County, has been a major player in the Kentucky political landscape for many years. In the local elections, voters are given the opportunity to choose from a wide range of candidates who represent various views and positions. There are usually multiple races open during any given election cycle, including seats in the City Council and Mayor's Office. The current members of the Covington City Council are elected by citizens living within the city boundaries. During their time in office, they debate issues ranging from budgets to development to taxes and more. The current mayor is Joe Meyer, who was elected in 2018 and will serve through 2021. Other prominent local political figures include State Representatives Dennis Keene and Adam Koenig, as well as State Senator Wil Schroder. These individuals have represented Covington on the state level for many years and work hard to ensure that their constituents get what they need from their state government.
The political climate in Zip 41015 (Covington, KY) is somewhat 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
Zip 41015 (Covington, KY) is somewhat conservative.
Covington, Kentucky is somewhat 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 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 41015 (Covington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $72,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $148,744 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $804 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)