The 20653 Lexington Park area of Maryland is located in St. Mary's County and is governed by a five-member Board of County Commissioners (BOCC). The BOCC is responsible for setting the budget, determining the tax rate, and making decisions regarding the county infrastructure. They are also tasked with appointing members to various boards and authorities such as the Planning Commission and Parks & Recreation Board. At the state level, members of the Maryland General Assembly serve in Annapolis to ensure that laws made at the state level are implemented throughout Maryland. In addition to state representatives, constituents of 20653 Lexington Park have access to their two U.S. Senators who act on behalf of all residents within Maryland's borders in Washington DC. The 20653 Lexington Park region does not have any local political candidates and therefore citizens rely on electing representatives at both the county and federal levels to represent them on matters concerning taxes, infrastructure, public safety, education, healthcare, and much more.
The political climate in Zip 20653 (Lexington Park, MD) is leaning 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 20653 (Lexington Park, MD) is leaning conservative.
Lexington Park, Maryland is leaning 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.
Lexington Park, 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 20653 (Lexington Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 275 contributions totaling $58,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $23,117 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)