Covington, OH is a small town in Ohio with a population of around 2,500 people. While it may not have the big city hustle and bustle of larger cities, it still has an active political scene. The Town Council is composed of a Mayor and four Council Members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Recently, Mike Smith was elected Mayor and Gail Lewis, Mary Jones, Tom Brown, and Jake Williams were elected to serve as Council Members. Covington also frequently holds open town hall meetings where members of the community can get up-to-date information on current topics and ask questions directly to their representatives. The small size of Covington provides residents with the opportunity to be directly involved in many political matters and encourages them to stay informed about the changes in their community.
The political climate in Covington, OH is strongly conservative.
Miami County, OH is very conservative. In Miami County, OH 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 27.0%.
Miami county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Covington, OH is strongly conservative.
Miami County, Ohio 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.
Covington, Ohio: 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 Covington, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $6,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)