The politics in Worcester County, MD are complex and varied. The county is governed under the Maryland Constitution, with a County Executive governing the county’s executive branch. The government also includes an elected seven-member County Council that is responsible for making policy decisions and adopting local laws. In addition to the County Executive and County Council, two elected commissioners serve Worcester County for the areas of Recreation, Parks and Tourism; and Planning, Zoning & Economic Development. These roles provide vital resources to local residents, businesses, and communities. Furthermore, Worcester County has numerous townships with their own local boards of commissioners who make decisions for their respective areas. In addition to these government agencies, there are various parties such as Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Green Party candidates and independents vying for office in election cycles. All of these different entities work together to ensure that Worcester County is well-governed and its citizens’ needs are met on both a state and local level.
The political climate in 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
Worcester County, MD 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.
Worcester, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Worcester County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,772 contributions totaling $166,768 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 916 contributions totaling $256,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)