St. Mary's County, Maryland is located on the western side of the Chesapeake Bay and has a long history of political involvement. The county is governed by an elected Board of County Commissioners and has several elected officials representing the county in the state legislature. In addition to the state representatives, there are two members from St. Mary's County who serve in Congress - Representative Anthony Brown and Senator Ben Cardin. These leaders play a vital role in ensuring that local issues are addressed and that their constituents' voices are heard. They also work closely with local organizations to foster economic development, improve education opportunities, and improve public safety measures throughout the county. Through their efforts, St. Mary's County residents can ensure that they have access to quality representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in St. Mary's County, MD is somewhat conservative.
In St. Mary's County, MD 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary's county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 41.6%.
St. Mary's county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Mary's County, MD is somewhat conservative.
California-Lexington Park 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.
St. Mary's, 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 St. Mary's County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,702 contributions totaling $454,323 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,218 contributions totaling $168,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)