Oxford, Maryland is a small town located in Talbot County on the Eastern Shore. It has a rich history that dates back to the 1600s and is currently home to just over 1,000 people. The local politics of Oxford are overseen by the Mayor and Town Council Members of Oxford. The Mayor and Council are responsible for ensuring that objectives for town growth and quality of life are achieved. These objectives include developing economic development opportunities, maintaining the cleanliness of the town, and creating safe recreational activities for residents. In addition to these goals, they also look out for the best interests of their constituents by appointing a Board of Zoning Appeals to handle residential zoning issues. Other elected officials in Oxford include representatives from the Sheriff's Office who help with law enforcement matters and representatives from the Board of Education who deal with educational issues within the town. By working together, these officials help shape the future of Oxford and ensure that its citizens have access to good quality services and resources.
The political climate in Oxford, 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
Oxford, 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.
Oxford, 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 Oxford, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 434 contributions totaling $174,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $33,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $564 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)