Hagerstown, Maryland is a small city located in Washington County. The city of Hagerstown has been active in politics for many years, with numerous local politicians holding office and representing the population of Hagerstown. Recently, a number of candidates have been running for various local political elections in the area, including positions such as mayor, council members, school board representatives, and other roles within the community. These candidates represent a variety of opinions and perspectives from the people of Hagerstown and strive to make the city a better place to live. They are passionate about making decisions that benefit everyone in the community and work hard to provide services that make life in Hagerstown inviting and enjoyable. Local politics are an important part of what makes Hagerstown great and these candidates help to ensure that all residents are being represented accurately.
The political climate in Hagerstown, MD is leaning 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
Hagerstown, MD is leaning 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.
Hagerstown, 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 Hagerstown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,426 contributions totaling $433,166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,452 contributions totaling $495,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)