The politics of 19970 Ocean View, DE are dominated by local issues. The city is relatively small with a population of just over 7,000 people and is governed by a mayor and four members of the City Council. The residents of 19970 Ocean View are highly involved in their local government, engaging in regular town hall meetings to discuss pressing issues such as public safety and infrastructure improvements. Local candidates running for office in the city generally focus on improving quality of life for citizens through increased investment in local schools and businesses. Since 19970 Ocean View is a small community, it's an ideal place for candidates to form relationships with constituents and emphasize their commitment to bringing positive change to the area.
The political climate in Zip 19970 (Ocean View, 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 19970 (Ocean View, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Ocean View, 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.
Ocean View, 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 19970 (Ocean View)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,121 contributions totaling $48,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $32,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)