Bethany Beach, Delaware is a small beach town on the Atlantic Coast. It has a tight-knit community, with many residents who have been living there for generations. There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in local politics and make a difference in the community. Every election season, local candidates run for mayor and town council seats, vying for the right to represent their constituents’ interests and help shape the future of Bethany Beach. These elections bring out passionate debates about city planning and development, access to public beaches and parks, taxes and fees, zoning issues, public safety concerns, and more. Residents take these issues seriously as they weigh their options at the polls each November. The people of Bethany Beach put a lot into deciding who will lead their city into the future.
The political climate in Bethany Beach, DE is somewhat conservative.
Sussex County, DE is somewhat conservative. In Sussex County, DE 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 43.8%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bethany Beach, DE is somewhat conservative.
Sussex County, Delaware is somewhat conservative.
Salisbury Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Bethany Beach, Delaware: 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 Bethany Beach, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 518 contributions totaling $72,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $16,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)