In 19703 Claymont, DE, the politics of the city are largely driven by its diverse population. With a mix of Democratic and Republican voters, the political landscape is quite competitive. Every election cycle brings new candidates vying for local offices, each with their own agenda and platform. The community is passionate about their beliefs and strive to ensure that their voices are heard both within the city and on a state level. With no shortage of ideas or engagement in the process, the citizens of Claymont are always ready to express their opinions and be part of the political process.
The political climate in Zip 19703 (Claymont, DE) is strongly 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 19703 (Claymont, DE) is strongly liberal.
Claymont, Delaware is strongly 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.
Claymont, 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 19703 (Claymont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $11,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $3,468 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)