Newark, DE is located in New Castle County and is home to the University of Delaware. The local governing body for Newark consists of a seven-member City Council, which is elected by the citizens of Newark. Newark has an executive mayor who is elected by popular vote every four years and serves as the head of the government. The mayor works with the City Council to set policy and ensure that the city runs efficiently. Additionally, there are several other political bodies in place including committees, boards, and commissions that help shape legislation and policies within the city. Newark actively engages its citizens in participatory politics through town hall meetings, public forums, surveys, polls, workshops and focus groups. These efforts aim to ensure that citizens have their voices heard in matters concerning their community.
The political climate in Newark, DE is strongly liberal.
New Castle County, DE is very liberal. In New Castle County, DE 67.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Castle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.8% to 30.7%.
New Castle county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newark, DE is strongly liberal.
New Castle County, Delaware is very liberal.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Newark, Delaware: D D D D D 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 Newark, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,891 contributions totaling $641,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 793 contributions totaling $140,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)