Hurlock, Maryland is a small town situated in Dorchester County with a long and storied history. Politically speaking, the town has been served by various representatives to the state government over the years. In recent times, Hurlock has been represented in both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly by Democratic Party members. The current representatives are Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes and Senator Addie Eckardt for District 37. Both have been active in their roles in advocating for issues that are important to their constituents including public education funding, environmental regulations, and economic development initiatives. At the municipal level, Hurlock is run by an elected mayoral council which meets regularly to discuss and vote on laws governing local matters such as zoning, budgeting, public works projects, and other issues specific to the area. This council also votes on elections and appointments of citizens that hold positions within municipal government departments such as police officers and fire fighters.
The political climate in Hurlock, MD is leaning conservative.
Dorchester County, MD is somewhat conservative. In Dorchester County, MD 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dorchester county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Dorchester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hurlock, MD is leaning conservative.
Dorchester County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
Cambridge Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Maryland is very 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.
Hurlock, Maryland: 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 Hurlock, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $6,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)