Politics in 20634 California, MD are largely determined by the decisions and policies of the elected officials in St. Mary's County. The county commissioners are responsible for developing the county’s overall budget, setting priorities for county services, creating laws related to zoning and parks, approving purchasing contracts, and appointing citizens to many boards and committees. Additionally, each of the incorporated towns within St. Mary's County has their own mayor and town council members who are elected to represent their respective towns independently of the county government. Regular elections are held throughout the year as residents cast ballots for state offices such as Governor, State Senator, House of Delegates Representatives, Circuit Court Judges, Register of Wills and Sheriffs as well as local offices such as Town Council Members. As a result of these local political efforts in 20634 California, MD residents can expect high quality public services from agencies funded by local taxes while having access to a variety of resources related to economic development and job growth.
The political climate in Zip 20634 (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 20634 (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 20634 (California)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $19,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,003 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)