Florence, KY is located in Boone County in the northern part of the state. It is a small community with a population estimated to be around 30,000 people. Florence is home to many businesses and shops, and has served as an important commerce center for northern Kentucky. In terms of politics, Florence has been represented in the Kentucky General Assembly since 1967 by Republican Joe Fischer. Fischer serves as the House Minority Floor Leader and has held his seat in the legislature since 2008. Golf course owner Dennis Keene serves as State Representative from District 67 which encompasses much of Florence and its surrounding communities. The Mayor of Florence since 2016 has been Diane Whalen, who was re-elected in 2019. As a local government leader, Whalen has worked hard to ensure that Florence maintains its safe and vibrant community status.
The political climate in Florence, KY is moderately conservative.
Boone County, KY is very conservative. In Boone County, KY 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.9% to 31.2%.
Boone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Florence, KY is moderately conservative.
Boone County, Kentucky is very 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.
Florence, 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 Florence, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,802 contributions totaling $121,557 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 965 contributions totaling $264,293 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)