The politics in the California-Lexington Park, MD Metro Area are managed by both municipal and state government. While there are no local political candidates to name, the area is represented locally by various elected officials. The local officials include a mayor and several city council members who represent different districts in the metro area. At the state level, the area is represented by two senators and eight delegates in the Maryland General Assembly. All of these representatives are involved in making decisions about policies and laws that affect people living in the area. They strive to ensure that residents have access to quality services while maintaining fiscal responsibility within their municipality and within its boundaries.
The political climate in California-Lexington Park Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In California-Lexington Park Metro Area 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, the California-Lexington Park metro area remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 41.6%.
The California-Lexington Park metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
California-Lexington Park, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in California-Lexington Park Metro Area
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)