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==Politics and government== Queen Anne's was historically the most strongly secessionist county in Maryland, dominated by the Democratic Party of the planters. Following the American Civil War, the predominately conservative white voters voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election from 1868 to 1948, though [[Herbert Hoover]] came within a point of defeating [[Al Smith]] in 1928 amidst great Southern resentment to Smith's Catholicism and opposition to Prohibition.<ref>Levine, Mark V.; ‘Standing Political Decisions and Critical Realignment: The Pattern of Maryland Politics, 1872-1948’; ''[[The Journal of Politics]]'', volume 38, no. 2 (May 1976), pp. 292-325</ref> Former general [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] became the first Republican to carry the county in 1952. Since the late 20th century, Queen Anne's white voters have largely shifted to the Republican Party, in a realignment that has taken place among conservative whites across the South following the tumultuous 1960s and passage of national civil rights legislation. No Democratic presidential candidate has carried Queen Anne's County since Texan [[Lyndon Johnson]]’s 1964 landslide.<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1980 remains the last Democrat to obtain even forty percent of the county’s vote, and he in 1976 was the last to come within ten points of winning the county. {| 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 |website=Maryland Board of Elections |access-date=April 9, 2024}}</ref> |- | {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}} | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 20046}} | align = center | {{Percentage |20046 |40,570 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}} | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 11031}} | align = center | {{Percentage |11031 |40,570 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}} | Unaffiliated | align = center | {{formatnum: 8867}} | align = center | {{Percentage |8867 |40,570 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}} | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 233}} | align = center | {{Percentage |233 |40,570 |2}} |- | {{party color cell|None}} | [[Third party (U.S. politics)|Other parties]] | align = center | {{formatnum: 393}} | align = center | {{Percentage |393 |40,570 |2}} |- ! colspan = 2 | Total ! align = center | {{formatnum: 40,570}} ! align = center | {{Percentage |100}} |} {{PresHead|place=Queen Anne's County, Maryland|whig=yes|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|20,200|11,273|874|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|18,741|10,709|840|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|16,993|7,973|1,557|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|15,823|8,556|509|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|15,087|8,575|383|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|14,489|7,070|235|Maryland}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|9,970|6,257|534|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|7,147|5,054|1,438|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|6,829|4,668|3,017|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|7,803|3,857|43|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,784|2,938|41|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,749|3,820|543|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|3,479|3,457|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,380|1,712|125|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,888|1,969|1,298|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,955|4,052|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1960|Democratic|2,906|3,126|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,321|2,641|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,170|3,058|37|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,038|2,660|44|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,119|3,027|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,508|3,581|37|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,946|3,548|9|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,583|3,683|28|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1928|Democratic|2,666|2,700|23|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,656|3,155|97|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|2,157|3,519|86|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,242|2,206|51|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,311|1,902|213|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,135|2,086|113|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1904|Democratic|1,487|2,258|140|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1900|Democratic|1,873|2,544|121|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1896|Democratic|1,917|2,516|183|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,579|2,281|163|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1888|Democratic|1,738|2,286|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1884|Democratic|1,710|2,344|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1880|Democratic|1,666|2,307|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1876|Democratic|1,476|2,149|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1872|Democratic|1,654|1,804|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1868|Democratic|275|1,552|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1864|Democratic|384|1,482|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1860|Constitutional Union|0|87|1,787|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1856|Know Nothing|0|741|904|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1852|Democratic|723|735|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1848|Whig|725|612|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1844|Whig|749|722|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1840|Whig|778|661|0|Maryland}} {{PresRow|1836|Whig|637|517|0|Maryland}} |} Queen Anne's County was granted [[home rule]] in 1990 under a state code. The county has a [[county commission|commission]] form of government. The commission consists of five commissioners: one [[at-large]] and four of whom must reside in the district they represent. All of the commissioners are elected by the general population. The at-large commissioner serves as president the first year following election. County code allows for rotation of the president position thereafter. The current Board of Commissioners was elected in the 2022 election, and serves a four-year term. The current County Commissioners are J. Patrick McLaughlin (District 2), Christopher M. Corchiarino (District 4), Philip L. Dumenil (District 3), James J. Moran (at-large), and Jack N. Wilson, Jr. (District 1).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of County Commissioners {{!}} Queen Anne's County, MD - Official Website|url=https://www.qac.org/617/Board-of-County-Commissioners|access-date=May 30, 2021|website=www.qac.org}}</ref> The current form of five commissioners elected at large started in 2002. Prior to the 2002 election, Queen Anne's County was run by three commissioners.
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