Mechanicsville, MD is a small town located in Maryland's St. Mary's County. It is a fairly conservative area with many of its citizens voting for Republican candidates in local and state elections. The town prides itself on its strong community spirit, with residents involved in various organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Rotary Club and PTA. While there are no current local political candidates running for office in the immediate area, residents have the opportunity to vote for representatives from the county and state level. In addition to their vote, Mechanicsville citizens take part in public forums and debates to voice their opinions and influence policies that affect their town.
The political climate in Mechanicsville, MD is moderately conservative.
St. Mary's County, MD is somewhat conservative. In St. Mary's County, MD 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary's county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 41.6%.
St. Mary's county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mechanicsville, MD is moderately conservative.
St. Mary's County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
California-Lexington Park Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $153,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $704 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $31,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)