Salisbury, Maryland is located on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is a small city with a population of 33,039 according to the 2010 census. Salisbury's politics are managed by an elected Mayor and City Council. The Mayor is responsible for setting policy and overall direction for the City through their various departments. The City Council consists of seven members who are all elected to serve four-year terms at-large. The Council meets regularly to review policies and make decisions about the best interests of Salisbury citizens. Prominent issues discussed in Salisbury politics include economic development, attraction of new businesses, infrastructure improvement projects, and public safety. Local elections are held regularly to choose representatives in each branch that will work together to ensure that the needs of Salisbury's citizens are addressed fully and fairly.
The political climate in Salisbury, MD is somewhat liberal.
Wicomico County, MD is leaning conservative. In Wicomico County, MD 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wicomico county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 47.7%.
Wicomico county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salisbury, MD is somewhat liberal.
Wicomico County, Maryland is leaning 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.
Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,221 contributions totaling $492,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,397 contributions totaling $972,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)