In 1995, Lewes, DE was a small but growing community located in Sussex County. With a population of just over 4,000 people, Lewes was served by the Lewes City Council and Mayor Garry N. Sonntag. During this time the main political issues revolved around the rapid growth occurring throughout the town and how that would affect services such as road maintenance and public safety. In addition to running local elections for city council members and mayor, Lewes residents were also involved in state-wide politics where issues such as tax reform and education policy were high on the agenda. All of these issues had an effect on the future of Lewes, and residents were passionate about having their voices heard in local as well as state politics.
The political climate in Zip 19958 (Lewes, 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 19958 (Lewes, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Lewes, 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.
Lewes, 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 19958 (Lewes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,156 contributions totaling $296,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 630 contributions totaling $127,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)