In 1995, Hartly, DE was a small and growing town on the brink of major political change. As the population of Hartly increased, so did the need for a more organized system of government. This led to the election of local political candidates to represent the community’s interests. These candidates ran on platforms focused on issues such as economic development and educational advancement in order to improve life in Hartly for its citizens. Through their hard work and dedication, these representatives were able to bring about positive changes that have helped shape Hartly into the thriving community it is today.
The political climate in Zip 19953 (Hartly, 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
Zip 19953 (Hartly, DE) is leaning conservative.
Hartly, Delaware 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.
Hartly, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 19953 (Hartly)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $27 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)