The Salisbury, MD Metro Area is an incredibly diverse and vibrant area, offering multiple opportunities for those who call it home. Politically speaking, the area leans slightly to the left but has a wide range of opinions and views which are expressed through various local political candidates. The candidates offer a full range of perspectives on the issues that matter most to the people of this region, from taxation to public services. Each candidate puts forward their own unique set of ideas and solutions, allowing voters to make an educated decision about who will best represent them in government. With so many options available, it's easy for citizens of Salisbury to get engaged with politics in their community and make sure their voice is heard at the polls.
The political climate in Salisbury Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Salisbury Metro Area 44.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Salisbury metro area remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 44.1%.
The Salisbury metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salisbury 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.
Salisbury, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Salisbury Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,614 contributions totaling $1,517,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,096 contributions totaling $1,181,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)