Dover Borough, Pennsylvania is an idyllic community located in York County. The local politics are overseen by a mayor and several councilmembers who all have the responsibility of making sure that the residents of Dover get the best possible representation. Every two years citizens elect new representatives to serve on council and help guide the direction of the town. Local candidates focus on issues such as improving infrastructure, maintaining public safety, increasing economic development, and ensuring quality of life for all who live within its boundaries. Alongside these elected officials, various local organizations have formed to help promote change through meetings and events that aim to bring the public together with their local government officials. Regardless of political affiliation or beliefs, Dover Borough continues to strive towards creating a better future for its residents.
The political climate in Dover, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, PA is strongly conservative. In York County, PA 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, York county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 36.8%.
York county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover, PA is moderately conservative.
York County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
York-Hanover Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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, Pennsylvania: 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, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $10,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $16,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)