Chesapeake Beach, in Maryland's Calvert County, is home to a variety of industries and organizations that are politically engaged. The city has an active community of local political activists and groups focused on the environment, education, housing, and other issues impacting the area. Local elections held in 20732 Chesapeake Beach MD involve campaigns from both major parties; candidates are chosen through primary elections held each year. Prominent issues in the city include increasing access to health care, preserving natural resources and ensuring access to safe drinking water. Additionally, citizens often engage in debates over budget decisions which directly impact the quality of life in the county. Through voting for local leaders, citizens can determine who will lead their town and have significant influence over important policy decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Zip 20732 (Chesapeake Beach, MD) is leaning conservative.
Calvert County, MD is leaning conservative. In Calvert County, MD 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calvert county remained moderately Republican, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Calvert county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20732 (Chesapeake Beach, MD) is leaning conservative.
Chesapeake Beach, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Calvert County, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Chesapeake Beach, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 20732 (Chesapeake Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $89,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $10,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)