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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Maryland_Presidential_Election_Results_2020.svg/780px-Maryland_Presidential_Election_Results_2020.svg.png[/img]

You seem to incorrectly think that wealthy = republican.  And maybe the 10 yachts in Annapolis are owned by republicans, but they are only 10 votes.  A majority of people making over $100,000 are democrats in Maryland.

Also, Eastern shore is not "very conservative".  It leans republican.

https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/state/maryland/party-affiliation/[/quote]

Sorry, that map is of the 2020 presidential election.[/quote]

My sense in Montgomery County is that people are Democrats for tribal reasons like being Ravens fans or Orioles fans. It's the hometeam. Team Blue, with all the fan swag they can get their hands on. But when you press them issue by issue they are more conservative than people realize. The typical Montgomery County voter wants lower taxes, more private sector job growth, is begrudgingly pro-marijuana legalization but hates the smell, is anti-upzoning, anti- government handout,  pro-police, and doesn't want open borders. The main Democratic issue that dominates here is being pro-choice. That and just hating Trump, because he's an embarrassment and a wannabe dictator. But I think MoCo is more Larry Hogan-aligned than people realize.[/quote]
This is pretty much correct for western Moco. The politics in eastern Moco are a lot different and frankly bizarre, where it seems like people use left wing politics as a form of social capital. [/quote]

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