Dover, Kentucky is a small town located in the west-central part of the state. While the town itself is relatively quiet and uneventful, politics still plays an important role in the local community. The city has a mayor-council form of government, and elections for mayor and city council take place every two years. The current mayor, Ann Marie Payton, was elected in 2018 and the council members are Bob Smith, Maria Brown, John Johnson, and Juan Lopez. Dover also works closely with state and federal representatives to ensure that their interests are represented at higher levels of government. The city actively engages in discussions about how best to improve educational opportunities, public safety, job growth, and quality of life for its citizens. As Dover continues to grow and develop into a thriving community, local politics will remain an important part of ensuring that progress remains consistent.
The political climate in Dover, KY is very conservative.
Mason County, KY is very conservative. In Mason County, KY 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mason county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.7%.
Mason county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover, KY is very conservative.
Mason County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Maysville Metro Area is very 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.
Dover, 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 Dover, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $3,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)