Delray Beach, FL is located in Palm Beach County and is home to many residents who are passionate about politics. The city is represented in the United States Congress by Representative Lois Frankel, a Democrat, and Senator Marco Rubio, a Republican. In terms of local government, Delray Beach's mayor is Shelly Petrolia and the four city commissioners are Ryan Boylston, Juli Casale, Shirley Johnson, and Adam Frankel. Each commissioner has their own agenda for the city which they reflect through their decisions when voting on matters that affect the community. Additionally, Delray Beach has various advocacy groups such as the League of Women Voters who work to ensure that citizens’ voices are heard and actively participate in local political events like town hall meetings. Through these efforts, Delray Beach has become a hub for political awareness and engagement among its residents.
The political climate in Zip 33446 (Delray Beach, FL) is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33446 (Delray Beach, FL) is leaning liberal.
Delray Beach, Florida is leaning liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Florida 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.
Delray Beach, Florida: 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 33446 (Delray Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,485 contributions totaling $702,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 704 contributions totaling $797,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)