Delray Beach is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. It has a total area of 16.3 square miles and the estimated population is 68,946 as of 2019. It is known for its active lifestyle, vibrant downtown and numerous beaches. The city is governed by a five-member City Commission that serves in a mayor-council form of government. The Mayor is selected from among the members of the Commission. The Commission makes policy decisions, determines taxation rates and sets the budget for the city's operating departments and divisions. The mayor also appoints members to several important boards and committees such as Planning & Zoning Board, Historic Preservation Board, Environment Advisory Board among other advisory boards/committees with regards to Delray Beach's politics. Through this form of governance, citizens are able to shape their own destiny through public discourse on local issues that affect them most directly.
The political climate in Zip 33444 (Delray Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, FL is somewhat liberal. In Palm Beach County, FL 56.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Palm Beach county remained strongly Democratic, 56.0% to 43.2%.
Palm Beach county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 33444 (Delray Beach, FL) is somewhat liberal.
Delray Beach, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Palm Beach County, Florida is somewhat liberal.
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Florida is leaning conservative.
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.
Delray Beach, Florida: 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 33444 (Delray Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,063 contributions totaling $151,291 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $75,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)