The small town of Mardela Springs, MD has a population of less than 1,000 people and is home to a diverse political landscape. While the majority are registered Democrats, there is also an active Republican presence in the area. Local politics in Mardela Springs center around issues like infrastructure and economic development for the community. 21837 Mardela Springs has seen its fair share of local elections over the years with candidates from both major parties vying for office. In recent years, an increase in civic engagement has meant that residents have been more vocal about their political views and opinions than ever before. This has led to some interesting debates among local leaders on how best to tackle issues facing the community and how to improve upon existing services offered by local government.
The political climate in Zip 21837 (Mardela Springs, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Wicomico County, MD is leaning conservative. In Wicomico County, MD 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wicomico county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 47.7%.
Wicomico county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21837 (Mardela Springs, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Mardela Springs, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
Wicomico County, Maryland is leaning 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.
Mardela Springs, 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 21837 (Mardela Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $8,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)