Fruitland, Maryland is a small town with a population of just over 4,000 people. Despite its size, Fruitland has an active political landscape. Local elections are held every four years and draw the participation of many residents in the community. In these elections, candidates of both major political parties—Democrats and Republicans—run for office. These candidates focus on issues that are important to the citizens of Fruitland, such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education funding and environmental protection. Staying informed about local politics is important for the citizens of Fruitland as it ensures their voices are heard in government decisions regarding the town's future.
The political climate in Fruitland, MD is leaning liberal.
Wicomico County, MD is leaning conservative. In Wicomico County, MD 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wicomico county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 47.7%.
Wicomico county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fruitland, MD is leaning liberal.
Wicomico County, Maryland is leaning conservative.
Salisbury Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Fruitland, 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 Fruitland, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,168 contributions totaling $108,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 773 contributions totaling $212,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)