Middletown, MD is a quaint town located in Maryland. It is governed locally by the Town Council, which consists of seven members. The Council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss local municipality issues and create policies that best serve the citizens of Middletown. Local residents are encouraged to attend council meetings and provide input on any matters being discussed. In recent years, Middletown has seen an uptick in civic engagement from its citizens on important local political issues such as increasing public safety and improving education funding. Every two years, the citizens of Middletown elect their representatives for Town Council to help guide their community through these difficult decisions. The Town Council is dedicated to listening to the perspectives of its constituents and creating effective solutions based on their input.
The political climate in Middletown, MD is leaning conservative.
Frederick County, MD is somewhat liberal. In Frederick County, MD 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frederick county flipped moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 43.7%.
Frederick county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middletown, MD is leaning conservative.
Frederick County, Maryland is somewhat liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Middletown, Maryland: R R r r r 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 Middletown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 447 contributions totaling $84,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $33,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)