Elsmere, Delaware is a small town located in New Castle County and is known for its strong sense of community. The politics of Elsmere are focused on the betterment of the town and its citizens. The local government works together with residents to bring financial stability, maintain public safety, and create a vibrant cultural atmosphere for locals. Local leaders often run for office to represent their constituents in the county government, but also focus on fostering close relationships with the members of their community. They are committed to finding ways to improve services while keeping taxes low and helping to ensure that Elsmere remains an excellent place to live and work.
The political climate in Elsmere, DE is moderately 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
Elsmere, DE is moderately 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.
Elsmere, 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 Elsmere, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,101 contributions totaling $151,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $31,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)