The small city of 20650 Leonardtown, Maryland is a tightly knit community in St. Mary's County. While the area does not have its own local government, it is part of a larger county that has representatives who are elected to serve in various roles. The county is led by an executive and legislative branch which works together to provide essential services for the citizens of Leonardtown and all of St. Mary's County. Each year, residents come out to vote in local elections for positions such as governor, state senator, delegate, and mayor. In addition to these elections, county residents also elect members of the Board of Education who are responsible for setting educational policy for the entire county. Residents in 20650 Leonardtown also have the opportunity to voice their opinion on issues related to local taxes, infrastructure development projects, economic growth initiatives and more. Through active engagement with their elected officials, residents can ensure that their voices are heard and that decisions made on behalf of their community reflect their values and interests.
The political climate in Zip 20650 (Leonardtown, 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 20650 (Leonardtown, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Leonardtown, 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.
Leonardtown, 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 20650 (Leonardtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 615 contributions totaling $82,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $27,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)