St. Michaels, MD is a small town in Talbot County located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Its close proximity to the Chesapeake Bay makes it an ideal spot for visitors and locals alike to enjoy the water and outdoor recreation opportunities that abound. Politically, St. Michaels is part of Talbot County’s District 36 and is represented by Republican Jeffrey S. Ghrist in the Maryland House of Delegates. Locally, the mayor of St. Michaels is Mr. Dave Cannon who has been serving since 2018 when he was elected with over 70% of the vote. His deputy mayor, Joe Gillis serves as his assistant in local government matters and both have worked hard to create a peaceful yet progressive environment for residents of St. Michaels to live, work, and play in.
The political climate in St. Michaels, 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
St. Michaels, 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.
St. Michaels, 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 St. Michaels, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,039 contributions totaling $280,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 188 contributions totaling $248,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)