Cresaptown, MD is a small town located in Maryland's Allegany County. Politics in Cresaptown are overseen by the Allegany County Board of Commissioners, which consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Recently, local citizens have been voicing their concerns about issues such as tax increases and public safety. In response, the board has sought to address these issues through various initiatives such as increasing funding for community programs and expanding resources to improve public safety. There have also been many debates on the Board over various proposed legislation that could impact the lives of Cresaptown residents. Each year several political candidates compete for positions on the Board of Commissioners in order to represent the citizens and make decisions that will benefit Cresaptown and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Cresaptown, MD is moderately 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
Cresaptown, MD is moderately 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.
Cresaptown, 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 Cresaptown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,870 contributions totaling $145,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 524 contributions totaling $95,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)