In 1975, Selbyville, Delaware was a small rural town with a population of around 4,000 people. Local politics at the time were largely focused on issues related to economic development and providing basic services to the community. During this year, the mayor and town council focused on creating jobs for local residents and improving infrastructure such as roads and sewers. Additionally, there was an effort to attract new businesses to provide more job opportunities for all citizens. Furthermore, educational initiatives were put in place in order to improve the quality of education locally. While there were no local candidates for office that year, citizens still had an impactful voice in their local government through attending town hall meetings and voicing their concerns directly to elected officials. Overall, local politics in 1975 Selbyville contributed significantly towards improving the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 19975 (Selbyville, 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 19975 (Selbyville, DE) is somewhat conservative.
Selbyville, 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.
Selbyville, 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 19975 (Selbyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 236 contributions totaling $30,822 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $42,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)