Boonsboro, Maryland is a small town of just over 3,000 people located in Washington County. It is home to a rich history, ranging from George Washington’s encampment in 1777 during the Revolutionary War to modern day events like the Boonsboro Green Fest and Boonsboro Founders Day. In terms of politics, Boonsboro is part of Washington County which is mostly Democratic with some Libertarian and Republican voters. The majority party determines who serves as Board of County Commissioners President each year. In 2018, the current Board President was Democrat Terry Baker who has held this position since 2010. Local elections also take place every four years where voters elect members for the Town Council and Mayor who all serve four-year terms. The most recent election in 2018 resulted in incumbent Mayor Leah Eisenberg being re-elected to her fourth term.
The political climate in Boonsboro, MD is moderately 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
Boonsboro, MD is moderately 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.
Boonsboro, 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 Boonsboro, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $15,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $6,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)