Big Spring, MD is a small rural community located in Washington County. Although the town is small and has limited resources, it still has a strong presence in local politics. Local residents are actively engaged in policy discussions and debates, making sure their voices are heard by the town government. The mayor of Big Spring is Carl Bailey and the Town Council consists of five members. Together they make important decisions about the budget, infrastructure, zoning regulations, and more. In addition to the mayor and Town Council, there are other organizations working hard to promote justice and equality in Big Spring such as the Big Spring Citizens for Justice and Equality. This organization works to advocate for greater representation of marginalized groups in local politics and ensure that all citizens have their rights respected regardless of race or gender.
The political climate in Big Spring, MD is strongly conservative.
Washington County, MD is moderately conservative. In Washington County, MD 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Spring, MD is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Big Spring, 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 Big Spring, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $3,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $22,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)