Indian Springs, MD is a small town located in Montgomery County. It has an active political environment that involves its close-knit community, local government and numerous organizations. The town is part of the larger Montgomery County government and has several elected officials who represent the citizens of Indian Springs at the county level. The mayor of Indian Springs and four council members are responsible for making decisions related to the budget, infrastructure, public safety and other town matters. Several local organizations help to promote civic engagement by hosting events such as candidate forums, citywide discussions and other activities that allow citizens to be involved in local politics. Through these efforts, residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues facing the community such as economic development and education. Ultimately, politics in Indian Springs works to ensure that all voices are heard and considered when it comes to decision-making processes.
The political climate in Indian Springs, MD is strongly 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
Indian Springs, MD is strongly 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.
Indian Springs, 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 Indian Springs, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $4,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $28,132 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)