Delray Beach, FL is a vibrant city with a population of just over 67,000. The city has an active political life, with numerous local government bodies and political candidates vying for office every election cycle. The City Commission is the main governing body in Delray Beach and consists of five members who are elected on a nonpartisan basis to serve four-year terms. In addition to the City Commission, there are several other municipal offices that are filled either by appointment or election. At the county level, State Representatives and Senators represent Delray Beach in the Florida Legislature, while a Member of Congress serves at the federal level. Local elections are held annually throughout Palm Beach County and often feature multiple competitive races for various positions.
The political climate in Zip 33445 (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 33445 (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 33445 (Delray Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,607 contributions totaling $313,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 350 contributions totaling $82,452 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)