Port Tobacco Village leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Port Tobacco Village typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Port Tobacco Village, ~29% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Port Tobacco Village compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Port Tobacco Village leans more Republican than 84 of 118 neighbors.
Port Tobacco Village runs about 48 points more Republican than Maryland as a whole. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Port Tobacco Village is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Port Tobacco Village 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 Port Tobacco Village, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Port Tobacco Village votes against the grain of Maryland. Maryland leans Democratic overall, while Port Tobacco Village runs about 48 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Port Tobacco Village are family households, above 93% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Port Tobacco Village, 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 Port Tobacco Village looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Port Tobacco Village 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 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Port Tobacco Village have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Port Tobacco, MD R+27
- Marshalls Corner, MD D+5
- La Plata, MD D+5
- Bel Alton, MD R+31
- Welcome, MD R+33
- Ripley, MD D+35
- Faulkner, MD R+37
- Pomfret, MD D+19
- White Plains, MD D+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Middleton, OH R+40
- Ada, KS R+68
- Freeport, KS R+69
- Dahlen, ND R+45
- Loyd, WI R+25
- Schlatitz, MO R+71
- Zack, AR R+72
- Merrill, NY R+31
- Old Chilhowee, MO R+64
- Blue Sulphur Springs, WV R+61
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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.