In 1980s Wilmington, DE, politics were largely focused on the city’s efforts to revitalize its downtown area. The city was trying to attract businesses and tourists with the aim of creating a more vibrant economy. Local politicians worked on initiatives to improve public transportation, reduce crime, and create jobs for local residents. The city also had an active program of economic development incentives designed to encourage businesses and entrepreneurs to invest in the community. In addition, local politicians worked hard to ensure that the city’s citizens had access to quality education and healthcare services. All of these initiatives helped create a more prosperous Wilmington during this time.
The political climate in Zip 19810 (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 19810 (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 19810 (Wilmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,559 contributions totaling $279,886 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 428 contributions totaling $94,193 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)