Verona, KY is a small town located in Owensboro County. Politically, the town is largely conservative, with a majority of residents belonging to the Republican party. Verona has an elected Mayor-Council form of government, where the mayor is elected by citizens of the town and oversees executive functions. The council is made up of five members who are elected to four-year terms and serve as legislative authority for Verona. The city council sets policy, approves ordinances and resolutions, makes appointments to boards and commissions, adopts annual budgets, and represents the interests of Verona citizens at all levels of government. In addition to direct representation on city council, Verona has two representatives in the state legislature who work closely with their constituents to ensure that local issues are addressed both at home and in Frankfort.
The political climate in Verona, KY is strongly 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
Verona, KY is strongly 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.
Verona, 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 Verona, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $2,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $6,529 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)