Mispillion Light leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 89% of adults in Mispillion Light typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mispillion Light, ~36% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~11% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mispillion Light compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mispillion Light leans more Republican than 33 of 75 neighbors.
Mispillion Light runs about 34 points more Republican than Delaware as a whole. Delaware leans Democratic overall, while Mispillion Light is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mispillion Light. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+37) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+16), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Mispillion Light leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Mispillion Light, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Mispillion Light drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Mispillion Light are family households, above 90% of cities. Mispillion Light runs against the grain of Delaware, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mispillion Light, DE sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Mispillion Light looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mispillion Light is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 64%, above 66% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and more than 99% of households in Mispillion Light own their home, compared to around 82% in nearby cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Slaughter Beach, DE R+17
- Milford, DE R+5
- Thompsonville, DE R+39
- Lincoln, DE R+19
- Chestnut Knoll, DE R+21
- Primehook Beach, DE R+8
- Bowers, DE R+36
- Houston, DE R+36
- Frederica, DE R+12
Cities with Similar Populations
- Oxberry, MS R+65
- Rockwood, NY R+49
- Craigs, NY R+42
- Wyeth, MO R+59
- Waugh, VA R+40
- Toga, MO R+73
- Sunol, NE R+75
- Granite, CO R+8
- Fredonia, AR R+54
- Thrift, WA R+26
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Delaware Department of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.