Chesapeake City, MD is a small town located in Cecil County. The city has a long history of political engagement and today still values the active role of the citizens in local politics. The town has an elected mayor and six council members that make up the governing body of Chesapeake City. All elected officials are held accountable to the citizens by being regularly voted on by all eligible voters in the area. Furthermore, all candidates must abide by state-mandated rules when running for office. Chesapeake City also plays host to several community organizations that focus on issues such as education, zoning, infrastructure, and other important topics that affect the local area. These organizations actively encourage civic engagement from all residents and offer activities that create opportunities for the public to interact with their elected officials.
The political climate in Chesapeake City, MD is strongly conservative.
Cecil County, MD is strongly conservative. In Cecil County, MD 35.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cecil county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.4%.
Cecil county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chesapeake City, MD is strongly conservative.
Cecil County, Maryland is strongly conservative.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Chesapeake City, 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 Chesapeake City, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $3,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $16,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)