The city of Ocean City, MD is located in Worcester County on the Eastern Shore and is one of Maryland’s most popular beach towns. Although it is a small town, its politics are an important part of life in 21842 Ocean City. Over the years, the area has seen a variety of candidates running for local public offices, such as Mayor, Council President and Council Member. These leaders work together to ensure that residents in the area have access to quality programs and services that meet their needs while creating a safe and vibrant community. Through initiatives such as economic development projects and environmental protection programs, local politicians strive to make 21842 Ocean City a place where people can live, work and play safely.
The political climate in Zip 21842 (Ocean City, MD) is somewhat 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 21842 (Ocean City, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Ocean City, Maryland is somewhat 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.
Ocean City, 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 21842 (Ocean City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 472 contributions totaling $63,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $103,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)