Newport, Delaware is a small town located in New Castle County and is home to many families. Politically, the city of Newport leans conservative. The Republican Party holds the majority in both local and state government, with the Republican Governor, John Carney, leading the state of Delaware since 2017. At the local level, Newport City Council consists of five members who were all elected to two-year terms in 2019. These members are responsible for making decisions on taxation, public safety and other issues affecting the residents of Newport. In addition to this, there are many initiatives throughout the year that involve local politicians from both major political parties coming together to discuss various topics relevant to their community. This helps ensure that all sides of an issue are being heard and taken into account when making decisions that affect everyone in Newport.
The political climate in Newport, 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
Newport, 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.
Newport, 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 Newport, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $15,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $2,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)