Taneytown, MD is a small town with a population of just over 6,000 people in the state of Maryland. The politics in Taneytown are largely driven by its local representatives and candidates who come from all parts of the community. Its Mayor and four councilmembers serve as leaders of the city government, providing direction on important decisions related to the town's future and well-being. All five members are elected by the citizens of Taneytown every four years for a two-year term. Recent elections have seen increased voter turnout and more diverse representation among elected officials, including more women and members from minority communities. Additionally, Taneytown has an active civic engagement program to keep citizens informed about upcoming issues or events, encouraging them to get involved in the political process. With strong leadership, diversity, and engagement from local citizens, Taneytown continues to be an example for other towns across Maryland.
The political climate in Taneytown, MD is moderately 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
Taneytown, MD is moderately 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.
Taneytown, 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 Taneytown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $4,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $10,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)