Delray Beach, Florida is an active and vibrant city with a strong political presence. The city is led by Mayor Shelly Petrolia, who was elected in 2018. The city council is comprised of five members: Ryan Boylston, Shirley Johnson, Juli Casale, Adam Frankel and Bill Bathurst. All members are dedicated to the growth and prosperity of Delray Beach. In addition to local politics, Delray Beach also participates in larger state-wide and national politics. The most recent presidential election showed that the majority of citizens here voted for the Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Other issues such as climate change, healthcare reform and immigration policies are widely discussed in Delray Beach's political sphere. Delray Beach citizens are passionate about their civic duties and take great pride in being involved in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 33483 (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 33483 (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 33483 (Delray Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,523 contributions totaling $1,021,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,102 contributions totaling $2,659,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)