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==Politics and government== {{More citations needed section|date=August 2023}} Talbot County was granted a charter form of government in 1973. The Talbot County Council has five members elected to four-year terms. The council president and vice president are elected yearly. {{As of|2022}} the current council president is Chuck Callahan (R), and the County Manager is Clay B. Stamp. The current [[sheriff]] is Joe Gamble.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sheriff's Office - Talbot County, Maryland |url=https://talbotcountymd.gov/sheriff |access-date=February 4, 2022 |website=talbotcountymd.gov}}</ref> In the years following the Civil War, Talbot was a swing county, divided between [[Union (American Civil War)|Unionists]] and [[Secession in the United States|Secessionists]]. Although it voted Democratic at every election between [[1908 United States presidential election in Maryland|1908]] and [[1924 United States presidential election in Maryland|1924]], it later took decisive steps towards the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref>Menendez, Albert J.; ''The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868β2004'', pp. 220-221 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> It surpassed [[Garrett County, Maryland|Garrett County]] as the state's most Republican county in [[1976 United States presidential election in Maryland|1976]]. [[Barack Obama]] came within ten percentage points of reclaiming the county in [[2008 United States presidential election in Maryland|2008]]. In [[2020 United States presidential election in Maryland|2020]], [[Joe Biden]] became the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry Talbot County since [[Lyndon Johnson]]'s [[1964 United States presidential election in Maryland|1964 landslide]] and the second since [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in [[1936 United States presidential election in Maryland|1936]]. In the [[2022 Maryland elections]], Democratic governor [[Wes Moore]] and Democratic U.S. Senator [[Chris Van Hollen]] also carried Talbot county while winning statewide. In [[2024 United States presidential election in Maryland|2024]], Republican [[Donald Trump]] flipped back Talbot County, winning it by just 6 votes, the closest county in the whole nation. {{PresHead|place=Talbot County, Maryland|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|11,125|11,119|586|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2020|Democratic|10,946|11,062|547|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|10,724|8,653|1,176|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|11,339|8,808|312|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|10,995|9,035|298|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|11,288|7,367|209|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|8,874|5,854|506|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,997|4,821|1,037|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|6,774|4,642|2,292|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|8,170|3,948|81|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,028|3,198|30|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,044|3,995|672|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,848|3,715|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,620|2,181|58|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,902|2,609|1,372|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,693|4,671|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,995|3,462|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|6,018|2,735|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,357|3,019|19|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,585|2,344|51|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,712|2,768|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1940|Republican|4,368|3,689|49|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,578|3,768|19|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,672|4,233|45|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,990|2,432|21|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,451|2,859|178|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|3,050|3,130|20|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,753|2,180|158|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,835|1,888|283|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,908|2,025|101|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,999|1,861|96|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,573|2,233|171|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1896|Republican|2,542|2,189|205|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,137|1,974|184|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1888|Republican|2,282|2,120|108|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1884|Democratic|2,207|2,214|41|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1880|Democratic|1,988|2,148|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1876|Democratic|1,808|1,812|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1872|Republican|1,663|1,521|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1868|Democratic|357|1,252|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1864|Republican|578|267|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1860|Southern Democratic|2|98|1,691|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1856|Democratic|0|910|749|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1852|Democratic|740|796|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1848|Democratic|706|719|1|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1844|Whig|795|712|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1840|Whig|749|682|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1836|Whig|656|479|0|Maryland}} |} ===Voter registration=== {| class=wikitable ! colspan = 6 | Voter registration and party enrollment as of March 2024<ref name="MDBOE">{{Cite web |title=Maryland Board of Elections Voter Registration Activity Report March 2024 |url=https://elections.maryland.gov/pdf/vrar/2024_03.pdf |access-date=April 9, 2024 |website=Maryland Board of Elections}}</ref> |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 11631}} | align = center | {{Percentage |11631 |28,660 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 10543}} | align = center | {{Percentage |10543 |28,660 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}} | Unaffiliated | align = center | {{formatnum: 6049}} | align = center | {{Percentage |6049 |28,660 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}} | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 160}} | align = center | {{Percentage |160 |28,660 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|None}} | [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Other parties]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 277}} | align = center | {{Percentage |277 |28,660 |2}} |- ! colspan = 2 | Total ! align = center | {{formatnum: 28,660}} ! align = center | {{Percentage |100}} |}
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