The small town of Dover, Florida is governed by an elected Mayor and four council members. The current Mayor, Mike Jones, has been in office since 2017 and has been a strong advocate for the town’s citizens. During his tenure, he has worked hard to maintain a high quality of life while keeping taxes low. He is committed to working with local businesses to ensure that they can thrive and grow within the community. The council members are also involved in many aspects of day-to-day operations, from infrastructure development to approving major projects. As representatives of the people of Dover, they work diligently to make decisions that will benefit the community as a whole. Dover is proud of its political system and looks forward to continued growth and prosperity in the years ahead.
The political climate in Dover, FL is leaning liberal.
Hillsborough County, FL is leaning liberal. In Hillsborough County, FL 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hillsborough county remained moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 45.8%.
Hillsborough county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover, FL is leaning liberal.
Hillsborough County, Florida is leaning liberal.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Florida is leaning 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.
Dover, Florida: r r d d d d
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 Dover, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $10,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $49,408 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $537 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)