In 19807 Wilmington, DE politics were dominated by the Democratic Party. The party held a majority in both the House and Senate, with politicians like Joe Biden leading the way on key issues. There was also a strong labor movement in the city at this time, as unions organized around better wages and working conditions for their members. Along with this, there were several local political campaigns going on for both state and federal offices during this period. These included races for Governor, U.S Senator, State Legislator, County Commissioner, Mayor of Wilmington, and City Councilman. A wide variety of candidates ran in these races- some Democrats and some Republicans- but ultimately it was the Democratic Party that came out on top in almost every election.
The political climate in Zip 19807 (Wilmington, DE) is moderately liberal.
New Castle County, DE is very liberal. In New Castle County, DE 67.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Castle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.8% to 30.7%.
New Castle county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 19807 (Wilmington, DE) is moderately liberal.
Wilmington, Delaware is moderately liberal.
New Castle County, Delaware is very liberal.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Wilmington, Delaware: D D D D D D
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 19807 (Wilmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,959 contributions totaling $1,470,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $497 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 933 contributions totaling $889,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $953 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)