Showell, Maryland is a small town nestled on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is home to around 500 people and is known for its natural beauty and close-knit community. Politically, Showell leans Democratic with registered Democrats outnumbering Republicans by nearly 2 to 1. Showell has two representatives in the Maryland State Legislature, both of whom are Democrats. Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes represents District 37A and Senator Mary Beth Carozza represents District 38C in the Senate. Both Delegate Sample-Hughes and Senator Carozza have worked hard to ensure that Showell receives the resources it needs from Annapolis to provide for its citizens and protect its environment. There are also multiple boards and committees in Showell such as the Planning & Zoning Commission, Board of Appeals, Environmental Advisory Council, and Historic Preservation Commission which all work diligently maintain Showell’s high quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 21862 (Showell, 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 21862 (Showell, MD) is moderately conservative.
Showell, 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.
Showell, 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 21862 (Showell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 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)