Girdletree, Maryland is located in Worcester County and is a small, rural town with a population of about 400 people. Despite its small size, Girdletree has an engaged political community with strong local candidates running for office. The current mayor of Girdletree is Steve White and the town council consists of five members elected by the local residents. Local elections are held every two years with residents electing their representatives to the Town Council. Issues that are important to residents include funding for public safety services, maintaining rural character while encouraging development, environmental protection, and responsible budgeting. The Town Council works together to ensure that all voices are heard on the issues facing the town and that decisions are made with an eye towards balancing fiscal responsibility and quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 21829 (Girdletree, MD) is moderately conservative.
Worcester County, MD is moderately conservative. In Worcester County, MD 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Worcester county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.6%.
Worcester county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21829 (Girdletree, MD) is moderately conservative.
Girdletree, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Worcester County, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Salisbury 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.
Girdletree, 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 21829 (Girdletree)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)