Sykesville, MD is a small town located in Carroll County. It is home to a dynamic political landscape with members of both major and minor parties participating in local elections. The last local election saw several candidates running for mayor, as well as other key leadership positions such as council members and school board representatives. All candidates campaigned passionately on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, education reform, and public safety initiatives. Every candidate worked hard to ensure that the people of Sykesville would have a strong voice in the direction of their community. The election was a great success and all parties involved were pleased with the outcome. Sykesville will continue to have passionate debates over local politics so long as everyone is willing to listen and make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Sykesville, MD is somewhat conservative.
Carroll County, MD is strongly conservative. In Carroll County, MD 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 36.3%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sykesville, MD is somewhat conservative.
Carroll County, Maryland is strongly conservative.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Sykesville, 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 Sykesville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,263 contributions totaling $158,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $85,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)