Dover, OH is a small town of around 13,000 people in Tuscarawas County located in the Northeastern region of Ohio. The town is governed by a Mayor and six Council Members who are elected to serve four year terms. In recent elections, Dover's political landscape has been dominated by the Republican Party and the current Mayor is a Republican. There have also been several issues over the past few years which have divided residents of Dover both politically and socially. These include debates about taxation, public safety measures, infrastructure improvements, and various social issues. Despite these disagreements, Dover remains an engaged community with many residents actively involved in local politics and attending Council meetings to voice their opinions on important matters.
The political climate in Dover, OH is strongly conservative.
Tuscarawas County, OH is very conservative. In Tuscarawas County, OH 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscarawas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.2%.
Tuscarawas county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover, OH is strongly conservative.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio is very conservative.
New Philadelphia-Dover Metro Area is very conservative.
Ohio 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, Ohio: r R d 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 Dover, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 745 contributions totaling $32,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 546 contributions totaling $383,708 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $703 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)