In 1995, Kenton, DE was a small town with a population of approximately 5,000 people. It had a mayor and five members of its city council who were responsible for governing the town and making decisions about its future. These local politicians worked hard to ensure that Kenton's citizens were well taken care of and had access to the resources they needed. In addition to local politics, members of Kenton's community were passionate about national politics as well. They followed candidates at both the state and federal level closely, eager to make sure their voices were heard in the larger political landscape. With strong leadership from their elected officials and an engaged population ready to make change in their own backyard, Kenton was well equipped to tackle any issues that faced it in 1995.
The political climate in Zip 19955 (Kenton, 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 19955 (Kenton, DE) is leaning conservative.
Kenton, 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.
Kenton, 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 19955 (Kenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)