Butlertown, MD is a small community situated in the southeastern corner of Maryland. Home to many working families, Butlertown is a tight knit community with an active civic presence. The politics of Butlertown are heavily influenced by the concerns and values of its citizens. Residents participate in local elections, voting on issues that affect their daily lives such as education funding, public safety and infrastructure improvements. Local politicians work hard to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard and strive to bring about positive change. As a result of this commitment to public service, Butlertown has experienced significant growth over the past decade and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
The political climate in Butlertown, MD is leaning conservative.
Kent County, MD is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MD 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 48.1%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butlertown, MD is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Maryland is leaning 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.
Butlertown, Maryland: r r d r r 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 Butlertown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $68,348 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)