The town of Betterton, MD is a quaint small town located in Kent County. The local politics here are focused on improving the quality of life for the residents, from maintaining infrastructure and resources to making sure that everyone has access to necessary services. Local political candidates in Betterton typically focus on finding ways to create jobs, support small businesses, and improve public education. The town also strives to remain environmentally aware and conscious of its impact on the world around it. The elected officials in Betterton are dedicated to listening to their constituents and implementing policies that reflect their needs and desires. Residents of Betterton can feel proud knowing that their local government is working hard to make life better for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Zip 21610 (Betterton, MD) is leaning conservative.
Kent County, MD is leaning liberal. In Kent County, MD 49.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kent county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.4% to 48.1%.
Kent county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21610 (Betterton, MD) is leaning conservative.
Betterton, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Kent County, Maryland is leaning liberal.
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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.
Betterton, Maryland: r r d 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 zip 21610 (Betterton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $4,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $900 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)