Fishing Creek leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Fishing Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fishing Creek, ~18% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fishing Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fishing Creek leans more Republican than 57 of 73 neighbors.
Fishing Creek runs about 78 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Fishing Creek is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Fishing Creek 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 Fishing Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fishing Creek votes against the grain of Maryland. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Fishing Creek runs about 78 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Fishing Creek sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Fishing Creek are family households, above 81% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Fishing Creek, MD sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Fishing Creek looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Fishing Creek is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 64%, above 65% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Fishing Creek own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Golden Hill, MD R+55
- Hoopersville, MD R+52
- Toddville, MD R+59
- Chesapeake Ranch Estates, MD R+8
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bigbee, AL R+73
- McElroy, TX R+80
- East Templeton, MA R+16
- Pennington, CA R+51
- Westland, PA R+38
- Teloga, GA R+72
- Cliff, NM R+40
- Rosella, MS R+30
- Coffey, MO R+68
- Napier, TN R+74
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.