In 1996, Milford, DE was a small town with a population of just under 10,000 people. The politics in the town were relatively quiet and focused on local issues. The mayor at the time was Jeffery Riddle, who had been in office for four years and won reelection in 1996. He was supported by two other local political candidates: Peter Johnson and Mark Phillips. As mayor, Riddle generally favored policies that would benefit the local economy and create jobs for residents. He also pushed for increased infrastructure investment to improve roads and utilities throughout the city. Overall, the town's political atmosphere in 1996 was characterized by a focus on local issues and a commitment to improving the quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 19963 (Milford, 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 19963 (Milford, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Milford, 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.
Milford, 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 19963 (Milford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $29,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 307 contributions totaling $43,683 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)