Bowleys Quarters leans slightly Republican by roughly 12 points: about 44% of voters vote Democratic and 56% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Bowleys Quarters typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bowleys Quarters, ~31% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bowleys Quarters compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bowleys Quarters leans more Republican than 85 of 126 neighbors.
Bowleys Quarters runs about 41 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Bowleys Quarters is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bowleys Quarters. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+5) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+42), a spread of about 47 points.
Why Bowleys Quarters leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Bowleys Quarters, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Bowleys Quarters votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 47%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 36%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Bowleys Quarters are family households, above 84% of cities. Bowleys Quarters runs against the grain of Maryland, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Bowleys Quarters, MD sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Bowleys Quarters looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Bowleys Quarters have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Dundee Village, MD R+19
- Middle River, MD D+14
- Oliver Beach, MD R+44
- Essex, MD D+10
- White Marsh, MD D+8
- Rossville, MD D+45
- Joppatowne, MD D+5
- Nottingham, MD D+30
- Rosedale, MD D+28
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wellsville, OH R+40
- Spring Hope, NC R+20
- Donalsonville, GA R+24
- Wayne, NE R+33
- Stedman, NC R+42
- Allentown, NJ R+17
- Judsonia, AR R+69
- Summerdale, AL R+73
- Blanchard, LA R+61
- Roseland, NJ Even
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Maryland State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.