Politics in Camden, DE is an important factor in the community. The town has a Mayor and a Council that are elected by the public and serve for four-year terms. The Mayor is responsible for appointing committees, as well as overseeing the day to day operations of the town. The Town Council is made up of five people who represent different areas of the town and make decisions about laws, budgeting, and other matters concerning issues within Camden. They also work with local businesses and organizations to help create a better environment for everyone living here. The people of Camden have the opportunity to vote on local candidates to represent them in government positions every four years. This helps ensure that their voice is heard and their needs are met when it comes to making laws or creating policies that affect their lives.
The political climate in Camden, DE is leaning conservative.
Kent County, DE is leaning liberal. In Kent County, DE 51.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped Democratic, 51.2% to 47.1%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camden, DE is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Delaware is leaning liberal.
Dover Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Delaware 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.
Camden, Delaware: r R d d r d
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 Camden, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,671 contributions totaling $304,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,448 contributions totaling $331,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)