Odessa, Delaware is a small town situated in New Castle County. It is governed by an elected mayor and six council members, who are responsible for enacting policies that shape the direction of the Odessa community. The Mayor and Council work together to ensure that the town remains fiscally sound and socially progressive, while also protecting its quality of life. Issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements and housing affordability are among the many topics discussed at council meetings. The Mayor and Council also regularly meet with local residents to understand their needs and concerns in order to better serve them. Furthermore, they strive to create an atmosphere of open communication between citizens and their government so that citizens can have a voice in decisions affecting their quality of life.
The political climate in Odessa, DE is somewhat 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
Odessa, DE is somewhat 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.
Odessa, 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 Odessa, DE
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,063 contributions totaling $87,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 404 contributions totaling $457,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)