Point Of Rocks leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.
About 78% of adults in Point Of Rocks typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Point Of Rocks, ~35% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Point Of Rocks compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Point Of Rocks leans more Republican than 73 of 114 neighbors.
Point Of Rocks runs about 38 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Point Of Rocks is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Point Of Rocks 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 Point Of Rocks, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 85% of households in Point Of Rocks are family households, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Point Of Rocks runs against the grain of Maryland, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Food insecurity and voter turnout
Places with low food insecurity tend to turn out at a higher rate; Point Of Rocks, MD sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.
Why turnout in Point Of Rocks looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Point Of Rocks 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 92% of households in Point Of Rocks own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Greenfield Mills, MD Even
- Adamstown, MD R+6
- Brunswick, MD D+3
- Rosemont, MD Even
- Buckeystown, MD R+14
- Lovettsville, VA R+5
Cities with Similar Populations
- Goldens Bridge, NY D+14
- Southwest Greensburg, PA R+7
- Warfordsburg, PA R+72
- McRae, AR R+72
- Starbuck, MN R+40
- Thompsontown, PA R+62
- Delavan, IL R+43
- Guthrie Center, IA R+41
- Cedar Grove, NC R+8
- Fairlea, WV R+30
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.