Talbot County, located in Maryland, is a politically engaged area with plenty of opportunities for individuals to get involved. With the county’s history of participation in politics and its central location in Maryland, citizens have easy access to state representatives, local offices, and other involvement opportunities. Talbot County residents take great pride in their community and strive for making positive changes within it. As such, civic engagement is highly encouraged here; political campaigns often feature door-to-door canvassing and debates between candidates hoping to be elected to local offices. Additionally, there are several non-profit organizations that work with citizens on various policy issues such as healthcare and education reform. Through these efforts, Talbot County strives to ensure that the best interests of its people are being addressed by their elected officials.
The political climate in 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
Talbot County, MD 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.
Talbot, 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 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 Talbot County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,171 contributions totaling $1,478,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,424 contributions totaling $1,106,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $777 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)