Pocomoke City, MD is a small city located in the Eastern Shore region of Maryland. It has a long history of political involvement within the community and takes pride in its local politicians. Some of the current issues that are being addressed by Pocomoke’s political leaders include economic development, environmental protection, education reform, and public safety. Local residents also take an active part in voting for their preferred candidates during elections. Leaders from both major parties are nominated to run and the citizens have the opportunity to make their voice heard by making informed choices at polling locations throughout town. Along with state representatives, local council members and mayor are voted on every four years to serve as leaders in Pocomoke City. Those elected represent the interests of citizens to ensure their voices remain visible and important within government decisions.
The political climate in Pocomoke City, MD is leaning conservative.
Worcester County, MD is moderately conservative. In Worcester County, MD 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worcester county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.6%.
Worcester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pocomoke City, MD is leaning conservative.
Worcester County, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Salisbury 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.
Pocomoke 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 Pocomoke City, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $7,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $9,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)