Georgetown, Delaware is a small town located in Sussex County. It has a population of around 7,000 residents and is the county seat of Sussex County. Although Georgetown may be small, it has a vibrant political scene with local candidates running for office every year. In 1997, two candidates ran for mayor: longtime incumbent Arnold Gordon and challenger William Smith. Both men had long histories in the community and proposed different paths for the future of Georgetown. Ultimately, Arnold Gordon was reelected to another term as mayor that year, but William Smith's ideas were well received by the people of Georgetown. This election set the tone for politics in Georgetown for many years to come and continues to shape how local government is run today.
The political climate in Zip 19947 (Georgetown, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Sussex County, DE is somewhat conservative. In Sussex County, DE 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 43.8%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19947 (Georgetown, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Georgetown, Delaware is somewhat conservative.
Sussex County, Delaware is somewhat conservative.
Salisbury Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Georgetown, Delaware: 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 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 19947 (Georgetown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 245 contributions totaling $15,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $18,374 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)