In 1996, Millsboro, DE saw the introduction of a variety of new political initiatives. The town was pushing for increased business investment and infrastructure improvements to support local businesses and job growth. Citizens were encouraged to get involved in local politics to help make decisions on how best to use their tax dollars. People were also asked to think about the future and consider what they wanted for their growing community. With several candidates vying for power in the upcoming election, it became clear that there was an appetite for change in Millsboro and people were eager to exercise their voting rights.
The political climate in Zip 19966 (Millsboro, 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 19966 (Millsboro, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Millsboro, 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.
Millsboro, 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 19966 (Millsboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 912 contributions totaling $44,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 329 contributions totaling $68,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)