In 1997, Seaford, DE was a city of approximately 6,500 people. It had a mayor-council form of government, and the members of the city council were elected by the citizens in each ward or district. There were three wards in Seaford that year, and each had two representatives on the city council who served their constituents. At that time there were five political candidates running for office in Seaford: incumbent Mayor E. Lee Schafer; City Councilman John Miller; former Mayor Joe Steinfeld Jr.; Jane Lippincott; and Kenneth King. Each candidate ran on their own platform to serve the citizens of Seaford and make it a better place. The citizens of this small town chose Schafer as their mayor for another term, while Miller and Steinfeld won spots on the City Council. Lippincott and King did not win seats on the Council but continued to be active members of their communities.
The political climate in Zip 19973 (Seaford, 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 19973 (Seaford, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Seaford, 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.
Seaford, 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 19973 (Seaford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 464 contributions totaling $54,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $23,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)