The small rural town of 21622 Church Creek, MD is governed by the town council and mayor. The council is made up of representatives from each neighborhood in the area who are elected by the people living in that particular area. The mayor is also elected by the residents of the town and serves as the leader for all decision-making and governance within Church Creek. Town meetings are held regularly to discuss local issues, review existing legislation, and introduce new initiatives. As a result, there is a great deal of public participation and input when it comes to making decisions that affect the community. Local elections take place every four years, allowing residents to choose their representatives on the town council and mayor. Additionally, state and national elections take place every two years, giving citizens an opportunity to select their representatives on higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 21622 (Church Creek, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Dorchester County, MD is somewhat conservative. In Dorchester County, MD 42.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dorchester county remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 42.9%.
Dorchester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21622 (Church Creek, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Church Creek, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
Dorchester County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
Cambridge 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.
Church Creek, 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 21622 (Church Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $9,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)