Fairplay, MD is a small community located in the south of Maryland. The town has a long history of political involvement and activism within the community. Residents take an active part in local elections, often running for office or actively participating in campaigns as volunteers. Political representatives from Fairplay have been involved in activities such as ensuring fair wages, fighting for environmental protection and supporting public education. In recent years, members of the Fairplay Town Council have worked to promote economic development initiatives that benefit the whole community. Currently, there are several local political candidates running for office to represent the people of Fairplay. These candidates vow to serve their constituents with integrity and work towards creating a better future for the town.
The political climate in Fairplay, 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
Fairplay, 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.
Fairplay, 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 Fairplay, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 399 contributions totaling $16,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $8,637 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)