Lexington Park, MD is a small town located in St. Mary's County with a population of around 11,000 people. It is home to the Naval Air Station Patuxent River and the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum and has a rich history of military involvement. The city has an active political scene with numerous local candidates for mayor, city council, and other municipal positions running in each election cycle. In recent years, Lexington Park has been working on initiatives to improve infrastructure, spur economic development and growth, increase educational opportunities, and promote public safety. The current mayor is John Raley who was re-elected in 2019 for his third term after originally being elected into office in 2012. He works closely with the City Council to identify ways to make Lexington Park an even better place to live, work, and play.
The political climate in Lexington Park, MD is leaning 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
Lexington Park, MD is leaning 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.
Lexington Park, 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 Lexington Park, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 281 contributions totaling $59,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $24,377 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)