In 19709 Middletown, DE, politics revolved around the local issues that directly impacted the residents of the town. The topics discussed in political circles often included ideas to improve infrastructure, crime reduction initiatives, public education reform, and other services for citizens of the town. There were also debates on balancing taxes so as to ensure both a thriving local economy and quality of life for its citizens. Local politicians worked hard to represent their constituents’ interests and ultimately create a better place to live for everyone. Candidates ran on platforms that emphasized their commitments to building a strong community and ensuring services that benefited all residents. The political environment was one of progressivism and collaboration between elected representatives and the people they served.
The political climate in Zip 19709 (Middletown, 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
Zip 19709 (Middletown, DE) is moderately liberal.
Middletown, Delaware 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.
Middletown, 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 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 19709 (Middletown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,049 contributions totaling $82,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 390 contributions totaling $453,336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)