Delaware, OH is part of Delaware County and is located in central Ohio. The county has a population of over 193,000 people and the city of Delaware is home to around 37,000. The city of Delaware is governed by a mayor-council form of government with a mayor and five council members elected at large to serve four-year terms. The current mayor of Delaware is Carolyn Kay Riggle along with five council members who are all elected at large including vice-mayor Kent Shafer, Chris Jones, Lisa Keller, George Hellinger, and George Heath. The City Council meets the first Tuesday after the first Monday of each month and holds additional meetings as needed. Local political candidates in Delaware often focus on improving infrastructure and economic opportunities for residents while also preserving the natural beauty of the area through parks and green spaces.
The political climate in Delaware, OH is leaning conservative.
Delaware County, OH is leaning conservative. In Delaware County, OH 45.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Delaware, OH is leaning conservative.
Delaware County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Ohio is leaning conservative.
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.
Delaware, Ohio: 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 Delaware, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,688 contributions totaling $4,911,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,333 contributions totaling $1,931,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)