Caroline County, MD is a rural area located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. It is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners who are each elected to serve four year terms. The Board sets policies and regulations for the county, approves the annual budget, and works with state and federal government representatives on issues that affect Caroline County residents. In addition to these duties, county commissioners actively listen to citizens’ concerns and work to ensure that services are provided in a timely manner. The county also holds elections for other offices such as sheriff, register of wills, clerk of court and more which further contributes to shaping the political landscape of Caroline County. Residents of Caroline County take pride in their community and strive to maintain local control over decisions made about their towns and villages.
The political climate in Caroline County, MD is very conservative.
In Caroline County, MD 32.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caroline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.3%.
Caroline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Caroline County, MD is very conservative.
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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.
Caroline, 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 Caroline County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $25,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $38,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)