The politics in 20629 Solomons, MD are heavily affected by the county's population of 11,732. Solomons is represented at the local level by a variety of elected officials who are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents. The County Executive is John R. Leopold, and the County Council consists of five members - Steve Weems, Amanda Fiedler, Eric Colvin, Michael Peroutka and Jerry Walker. As a growing community with an increasingly diverse population, these public officials strive to provide equitable services and programs while addressing the needs of each unique community in the area. Additionally, they work closely with other local government entities in order to address issues that may affect both Solomons and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Zip 20629 (Solomons, MD) is leaning conservative.
Calvert County, MD is leaning conservative. In Calvert County, MD 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calvert county remained moderately Republican, 51.6% to 46.0%.
Calvert county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20629 (Solomons, MD) is leaning conservative.
Solomons, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Calvert County, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Solomons, 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 20629 (Solomons)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $14,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)