Politics in 20619 California, MD are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. The current state senator is Steve Waugh who was first elected in 2014, and has since been re-elected twice. In the US House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer has been representing Maryland's 5th Congressional District since 1981. At the county level, the current commissioners are Amanda Fiedler and Thomas A. Jarboe Sr., both of whom were elected in 2018. Locally, residents of California, MD elect a Mayor and Town Council members to serve on the town council. Currently, Ernest Davis is serving as Mayor while Brian G Douglas, Shane E Kelley Jr., Robert C Wells and Marlene Young serve as Town Council members.
The political climate in Zip 20619 (California, MD) is somewhat conservative.
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
Zip 20619 (California, MD) is somewhat conservative.
California, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary's County, Maryland 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.
California, 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 zip 20619 (California)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 280 contributions totaling $37,586 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $16,164 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)