In 1970s Newark, DE, politics were a major source of contention in the community. With the rise of civil rights and anti-war movements, many people were divided over their views on social issues. As a result, local political candidates had to be careful in articulating their positions on these contentious topics. There were also many debates around economic development and how best to use public funds to support the city. Newark's leaders sought to find compromise between different factions in order to maintain a healthy political climate and ensure that everyone's voices were heard. Ultimately, however, the city would choose its elected officials based on who promised the most effective solutions for Newark's needs at the time.
The political climate in Zip 19702 (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
Zip 19702 (Newark, DE) is strongly liberal.
Newark, Delaware 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 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).
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 zip 19702 (Newark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,485 contributions totaling $132,072 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $15,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)