Secretary, MD is a small town located in Caroline County on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It has been a rural community for many years, but is now experiencing growth as people move to the area to take advantage of its natural beauty and close proximity to larger cities such as Baltimore and Washington D.C. The town operates under a mayor-council form of government, and holds regular elections that enable citizens to make their voices heard. Local political candidates often come from local families who have been in the area for generations and work hard to represent their constituents’ needs. Political issues in Secretary include things such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. Voters have the chance to impact these issues by choosing representatives who will work on behalf of their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Secretary, 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
Secretary, 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.
Secretary, 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 Secretary, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)