Townsend, DE is a small town located in the New Castle County of Delaware. It is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with an elected Mayor and six Council members. Each year, Townsend holds local elections for the position of Mayor and Council members that represent its citizens. These elections are overseen by the Town Clerk's office and allow Townsend residents to select the candidates that will best serve their community. The current Mayor is Daniel Bonsall, who was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2020. The six Town Council Members include John Bartlett, Robert Beatty, Thomas Snyder, Marie Weidman, Matthew Crossland, and Patricia Chamberlain. All of these officials play an important role in representing the people of Townsend and working together to ensure that the town is a safe and thriving place to live.
The political climate in Townsend, DE is somewhat 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
Townsend, DE is somewhat 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.
Townsend, 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 Townsend, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $14,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $9,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $480 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)