Funkstown, MD is a small town with a population of about 3,000 people. Despite its size, the town is politically active and has a long-standing history of engaged citizens. The town elects representatives to serve on the Board of Commissioners and various other committees to manage local affairs. These representatives are chosen through regular elections that take place every four years. In addition to local politics, Funkstown's residents are also actively involved in state and national elections. During election season, the town often hosts events and debates where candidates can discuss their platforms and policies with constituents. This provides residents with an opportunity to be informed about issues that might affect them and helps ensure that their voices are heard in the political process.
The political climate in Funkstown, MD is somewhat 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
Funkstown, MD is somewhat 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.
Funkstown, 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 Funkstown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,641 contributions totaling $52,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 423 contributions totaling $84,484 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)