Delaware is a state with a strong political landscape. The two main parties in Delaware are the Democratic and Republican Parties. These two parties debate on many topics, such as education, taxation, healthcare, transportation and more. There are also numerous local elections held each year where citizens can elect representatives to their state legislature or city council. Local representatives will advocate for their constituents’ interests and ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government. In addition to party candidates, there are many independent candidates who run for office as well. As a result of this variety of candidates, Delawareans have the opportunity to choose leaders who reflect their values and beliefs on a range of issues.
The political climate in Delaware is moderately liberal.
In Delaware 58.7% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware remained very strongly Democratic, 58.7% to 39.8%.
Delaware voted Democratic in the previous six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Delaware, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Delaware
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51,898 contributions totaling $7,531,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,325 contributions totaling $4,506,143 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $483 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)