Leipsic, located in the state of Saxony in Germany, is an important political center for the region. The city is represented in the Saxon Landtag and has a local government consisting of elected officials from two major political parties. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) holds the majority of seats on the city council with fifteen out of twenty-five seats. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) holds nine seats on the council. Local elections are held every five years to determine who will represent Leipsic's citizens in both regional and national politics. Additionally, Leipsic residents vote in national elections to select members of Germany's Bundestag and representatives for their state legislature. Political topics that have recently been discussed by local leaders include infrastructure improvements, environmental protection efforts, providing access to affordable education, and economic development projects.
The political climate in Leipsic, DE is leaning conservative.
Kent County, DE is leaning liberal. In Kent County, DE 51.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped Democratic, 51.2% to 47.1%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leipsic, DE is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Delaware is leaning liberal.
Dover Metro Area is leaning 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.
Leipsic, Delaware: r R d d r 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 Leipsic, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,434 contributions totaling $98,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 591 contributions totaling $108,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)