Chewsville, MD is a small town located in central Maryland. It is known for its rural landscape and quiet atmosphere. The town has a mayor-council form of government, with the Mayor acting as the chief executive and the council providing legislative oversight. The Mayor is elected every two years and the council members are elected to four year terms. Local elections are held each November, with candidates vying for positions on the town's board of trustees. The board makes decisions about important issues like budgets, taxes, educational programs, and public safety initiatives. Residents take an active role in their local politics by regularly attending meetings where they can voice their opinions on important topics. They also have access to information regarding upcoming events and updates about current political matters in Chewsville. Through discourse and engagement, residents are able to make positive changes in their community that benefit everyone who resides there.
The political climate in Chewsville, MD is moderately conservative.
Washington County, MD is moderately conservative. In Washington County, MD 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chewsville, MD is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Chewsville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Chewsville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $13,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $5,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)