Tilghman Island, MD is a small community located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is home to approximately 400 residents who enjoy a relaxed lifestyle in a natural setting. The town has a rich political history and takes its civic responsibilities seriously. Local politics are primarily focused on issues that directly affect the residents of Tilghman Island, such as ensuring access to basic public services, protecting local wildlife and ecosystems, and supporting local businesses. Residents have the opportunity to participate in decision-making through attendance at meetings of the Town Council or by voting in local elections. With such an engaged community, it's no surprise that there is always plenty to discuss when it comes to politics in Tilghman Island.
The political climate in Tilghman Island, MD is leaning conservative.
Talbot County, MD is leaning liberal. In Talbot County, MD 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Talbot county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.5%.
Talbot county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tilghman Island, MD is leaning conservative.
Talbot County, Maryland is leaning liberal.
Easton Metro Area 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.
Tilghman Island, Maryland: R R r 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 Tilghman Island, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $8,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $7,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $416 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)