The town of Gilmore, MD is a small community located in the county of Montgomery. Gilmorites are proud of their hometown and take great pride in staying involved with the local politics. The current Mayor of Gilmore is Bethany Graham, who was elected to her first term in 2019. Local elections are held every two years for various roles such as Mayor, City Council, and School Board Members. Many citizens get involved by attending council meetings or participating in local campaigns to show their support for certain candidates. There are also several lobby groups active in the community that advocate for causes such as environmental protection or economic development initiatives. All of these efforts help shape the future direction of Gilmore and its citizens have a voice when it comes to deciding how best to move forward as a community.
The political climate in Gilmore, MD is moderately conservative.
Allegany County, MD is very conservative. In Allegany County, MD 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.9%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gilmore, MD is moderately conservative.
Allegany County, Maryland is very conservative.
Cumberland Metro Area is very 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.
Gilmore, 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 Gilmore, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $25,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $6,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)