California, MD is located in St. Mary's County and is served by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The BOCC consists of five members who are elected at-large and serve four-year terms. The BOCC is responsible for setting the policies and guidelines for a variety of issues, such as education, public safety, transportation, zoning, land use planning and economic development. California’s political atmosphere is heavily influenced by the Republican Party and residents often tend to favor conservative ideals. Local elections are held regularly in order to select candidates who will best represent the interests of California’s citizens in government affairs. Political involvement from citizens helps shape local policy decisions and ensure that they reflect the values of the community.
The political climate in California, MD is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary's County, MD is somewhat conservative. In St. Mary's County, MD 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary's county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 41.6%.
St. Mary's county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
California, MD is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary's County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
California-Lexington Park 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.
California, 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 California, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 668 contributions totaling $115,763 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $40,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)