Pocomoke City is a small town located in Worcester County, Maryland. The city has a population of 5,443 according to the 2018 census and is home to many diverse cultures. As far as politics, Pocomoke City is represented in Congress by Andy Harris, who serves as the United States Representative from Maryland's first congressional district. At the state level, Pocomoke City is part of District 38 and is represented by Mary Beth Carozza in the Maryland House of Delegates. Locally, Pocomoke City is governed by a mayor and five-member city council who hold regularly scheduled meetings throughout the year. The city also holds annual elections for mayor and other members of the city council.
The political climate in Zip 21851 (Pocomoke 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 21851 (Pocomoke City, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Pocomoke 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.
Pocomoke 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 21851 (Pocomoke City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $4,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)