Indian Head, MD is a small town located in Charles County with an estimated population of 4,017 according to the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data. Political representation in Indian Head comes from the local government in Charles County as well as Maryland's Congressional and state representatives. The mayor of Indian Head is Mayor Joseph Werner who was first elected into office in 2018 and is currently serving his second term in office. Representing the citizens of Indian Head at the county level are Council Member Earlene Shuford and Council Member Kaye Cooksey. At the state level, Indian Head is represented by Senator Stephen Hershey Jr., House of Delegates Members Andrea Fletcher Harrison and Edith Patterson, and Congressman Steny Hoyer. All these local officials work together to ensure that the needs of Indian Head are met on all levels of government.
The political climate in Indian Head, MD is strongly liberal.
Charles County, MD is very liberal. In Charles County, MD 69.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Charles county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.5% to 28.6%.
Charles county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Indian Head, MD is strongly liberal.
Charles County, Maryland is very liberal.
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.
Indian Head, Maryland: d d D D D 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 Indian Head, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $6,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $1,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)