West Ocean City, MD is a small town on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, located just south of Ocean City proper. The town has a rich history and deep roots in fishing and tourism, with many industries dedicated to both. Politically, West Ocean City is part of Worcester County which leans heavily towards the Republican party. The current members of the Worcester County Board of Commissioners are all Republican and there are no local political candidates running for office in the immediate vicinity. Issues facing West Ocean City include budgeting for infrastructure projects such as road repairs, maintaining public safety services, and promoting economic growth within the area. This small town also faces challenges posed by its proximity to larger nearby cities such as Ocean City and Salisbury which brings traffic problems, pollution, and other environmental concerns. All these issues face the citizens of West Ocean City who must determine how best to address them while keeping their community's unique identity intact.
The political climate in West Ocean City, MD is somewhat 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
West Ocean City, MD is somewhat 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.
West Ocean 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 West Ocean City, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,483 contributions totaling $152,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 734 contributions totaling $213,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)