Garrison, MD is a small town in the state of Maryland, and its politics reflect the values and beliefs of its citizens. As an election year approaches, citizens are preparing to cast their votes for local political candidates that will represent them in government. While no current information regarding population is available, it can be assumed that Garrison’s population is largely middle-class and mainly conservative. As such, voters tend to support candidates that align with their values and beliefs on taxes, health care, immigration reform, and other important issues. With the upcoming election season on the horizon, citizens look forward to seeing who will best represent their interests in government and make decisions that benefit all residents of Garrison.
The political climate in Garrison, MD is moderately liberal.
Baltimore County, MD is strongly liberal. In Baltimore County, MD 62.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.3% to 35.2%.
Baltimore county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garrison, MD is moderately liberal.
Baltimore County, Maryland is strongly liberal.
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.
Garrison, Maryland: d d D D D D
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 Garrison, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,857 contributions totaling $2,686,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 927 contributions totaling $658,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $710 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)