Oldtown, MD is a small town located in the rural heartland of Maryland. While there are no major political entities or local candidates, the people of Oldtown take their civic duties seriously and strive to make their community a better place. Local government is made up of members of the community who have been elected by their peers and serve as representatives for the townspeople. These representatives work on issues such as education, public safety, economic development, infrastructure, and other concerns that affect residents in Oldtown. The town also takes an active role in regional politics; it regularly sends delegates to state and federal legislative sessions to voice its concerns on important issues regarding housing, taxes, energy policy, and more. All in all, Oldtown has a strong sense of civic involvement that allows its citizens to be deeply involved in the political process both locally and at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Oldtown, MD is strongly 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
Oldtown, MD is strongly 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.
Oldtown, 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 Oldtown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)