Ocean Pines leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 94% of adults in Ocean Pines typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ocean Pines, ~39% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ocean Pines compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ocean Pines leans more Republican than 21 of 55 neighbors.
Ocean Pines runs about 44 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Ocean Pines is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Ocean Pines. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+34) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+12), a spread of about 22 points.
Why Ocean Pines 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 Ocean Pines, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Ocean Pines votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 53%, modestly above the Maryland average of 43%). Here an older population outweighs the Democratic lean that density usually predicts. Ocean Pines runs against the grain of Maryland, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Ocean Pines, MD sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Ocean Pines looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ocean Pines 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 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Ocean Pines own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Ocean Pines have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- West Ocean City, MD R+20
- Grays Corner, MD R+8
- Showell, MD R+28
- Bishopville, MD R+39
- Ocean City, MD R+10
- Berlin, MD R+7
- Snug Harbor, MD R+23
- Selbyville, DE R+19
- Fenwick Island, DE D+3
- Whaleyville, MD R+36
Cities with Similar Populations
- Morrow, OH R+46
- Murphysboro, IL R+12
- Oakland, NJ R+12
- Harvard, IL R+11
- Inwood, WV R+39
- Wills Point, TX R+65
- Swarthmore, PA D+35
- Arkadelphia, AR R+4
- New Oxford, PA R+38
- Bellbrook, OH R+19
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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.