Keymar is a small town located in Frederick County, Maryland. It is part of the larger Middletown–Myersville–Brunswick metropolitan area, and has a population of approximately 7,000 people. Politically, the town has been represented at the state level by Republican Delegate Jason Buckel since 2015. At the local level, Keymar is divided into two precincts and governed by two commissioners. Currently, John Crampton and Bob Miller serve as the commissioners for District 1 (Keymar/Middleburg), while Paul Smith represents District 2 (Linganore/New Market). All three are members of the Republican Party and have been in office since 2018. The political environment in Keymar is relatively moderate; most inhabitants agree on issues such as education reform and the need for increased economic development opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 21757 (Keymar, MD) is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, MD is strongly conservative. In Carroll County, MD 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 36.3%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21757 (Keymar, MD) is strongly conservative.
Keymar, Maryland is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, Maryland is strongly conservative.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metro Area is strongly liberal.
Maryland is very liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Keymar, Maryland: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 21757 (Keymar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,196 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)