Dover, IL is a small town in Illinois with a population of about 500 people. It has a rich political history and the current mayor is George W. Brinkley, who was elected in 2018 for his first term. The town is represented by its local government which is made up of five trustees and the mayor, who all work together to make decisions that affect the town's residents. Dover also has representatives in the state Senate and House of Representatives as well as various committees such as the Human Services Committee and the Public Utilities Commission. Community members are very active in local politics; they often attend public meetings and hold rallies to support their favorite candidates during election season. All of these tactics combined ensure that everyone in Dover has a say in how their community is shaped.
The political climate in Dover, IL is moderately conservative.
Bureau County, IL is moderately conservative. In Bureau County, IL 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bureau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.1%.
Bureau county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover, IL is moderately conservative.
Bureau County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
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, Illinois: 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, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $13,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $118,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)