Long Beach, MD is a small town located on the eastern shore of Maryland. It is home to a diverse population of around 12,000 people who are active in local politics. The town's government is led by Mayor Michael Cooper and the City Council which makes important decisions for the community. There are a variety of issues that the city council deals with every year including infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. The citizens of Long Beach also have the opportunity to get involved in their local politics and can vote for their preferred political candidates during elections. Local campaigns and events often take place throughout the year in order to inform citizens about upcoming elections and encourage civic engagement. Long Beach residents care deeply about their community and strive to make it a better place through political action.
The political climate in Long Beach, MD is somewhat 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
Long Beach, MD is somewhat 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.
Long 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 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 Long Beach, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 668 contributions totaling $57,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 397 contributions totaling $56,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)