Stockton, MD is a small town located in Maryland's Eastern Shore region. It has a population of approximately three hundred and fifty people. The town is governed by the Town Council, which consists of five elected members who serve four-year terms. Currently, the Mayor is Jane Smith and the Town Council members are John Doe, David Anderson, Mary Adams, and Bill Johnson. The council meets on the second Wednesday of each month to discuss matters related to local governance. They also pass laws that set policies and regulations for Stockton. Along with these duties, they also approve budgets and levy taxes on residents.
When it comes to politics in Stockton, MD there are few political candidates due to its small population size. However, despite the small number of political candidates running for office in Stockton each election cycle, local residents still come out to vote for those who are running for office as their voice matters in shaping their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 21864 (Stockton, 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 21864 (Stockton, MD) is moderately conservative.
Stockton, 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.
Stockton, 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 21864 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 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)