The politics in Arden, DE, have been quite interesting in recent years. The city is known for its progressive outlook on many issues and has become a leading voice on the local political stage. In the past few years, various initiatives such as an increase in public transportation access and a commitment to environmental protection have been pushed forward by the current mayoral administration. There are two major candidates running for mayor in the upcoming election. The first is Mayor Dori Grace, who has been in office for 8 years now and has focused on creating a business-friendly environment while also advocating for social justice issues. The second candidate is newcomer Lawrence Johnson, who brings with him a platform of economic revitalization and job creation. Regardless of who is elected, it will no doubt be an exciting election season that will determine the future direction of Arden, DE.
The political climate in Arden, 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
Arden, DE 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.
Arden, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Arden, DE
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)