Madison, MD is a small town in Maryland with a population of about 5,000 people. The town has its own local government that consists of a Mayor and 6 Aldermen. The Mayor and Aldermen are elected by the residents of Madison every 4 years to make decisions on behalf of the town. They are responsible for making sure that the town runs smoothly by addressing issues like infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Recently, there have been initiatives to make improvements to the town’s parks and recreational areas as well as investments in public transportation infrastructure. The Town is also part of a larger county government which adds additional services such as schools and libraries. All of these decisions are made with the citizens in mind and the goal is always to keep Madison a thriving place to live.
The political climate in Madison, MD is moderately conservative.
Dorchester County, MD is somewhat conservative. In Dorchester County, MD 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dorchester county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Dorchester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison, MD is moderately conservative.
Dorchester County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
Cambridge 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.
Madison, 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 Madison, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $10,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)