Millville, Delaware is a small town located in Sussex County. It is known for its quaint environment and friendly people. The town has a population of around 2,000 people who are all active citizens in the community. When it comes to politics, Millville follows the same political trends as Sussex County as a whole. The county generally votes conservatively with Republicans dominating most political offices. There have been multiple local elections held over the past few years, with various candidates from both major parties vying for positions on the town council and other local offices. While there are some minor differences among the candidates’ platforms, they generally agree on issues such as supporting small business growth and maintaining infrastructure. In addition to this, the citizens of Millville also take an active role in advocating for their community at state and federal levels by writing to elected officials and attending rallies and marches. This level of engagement is what makes Millville so unique compared to other towns in Sussex County.
The political climate in Millville, DE is somewhat conservative.
Sussex County, DE is somewhat conservative. In Sussex County, DE 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sussex county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 43.8%.
Sussex county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Millville, DE is somewhat conservative.
Sussex County, Delaware is somewhat conservative.
Salisbury Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Millville, Delaware: r R r R R R
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 Millville, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,223 contributions totaling $62,951 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $40,498 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)