The city of Easton, MD is a vibrant and diverse community located in the heart of Talbot County. While it is small in size, with a population of only 16,500, the city has its own unique political culture. As an important part of the larger Maryland state government, Easton has its own mayor and town council who are responsible for making decisions about local issues such as taxes, housing development, infrastructure improvements and public safety. Local elections are held every two years to determine the mayor and city council members; these elected officials then serve as the representation for Easton residents both in their local community as well as on a state level. There are also local political parties that work to promote their candidates and ideas in order to influence policy decisions at both the state and local level. All citizens of Easton have the right to participate in politics by voting for candidates or attending public meetings.
The political climate in Zip 21601 (Easton, MD) is leaning conservative.
Talbot County, MD is leaning liberal. In Talbot County, MD 49.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Talbot county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.0% to 48.5%.
Talbot county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21601 (Easton, MD) is leaning conservative.
Easton, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Talbot County, Maryland is leaning liberal.
Easton Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Easton, Maryland: R R r 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 21601 (Easton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,048 contributions totaling $774,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 903 contributions totaling $766,419 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $849 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)