Leitersburg, MD is a small town in Washington County with a diverse and vibrant population. Politically, the community is fairly conservative and tends to lean Republican in national elections. On the state level, people from Leitersburg are represented by conservative politicians who focus on issues like public safety, economic development, and job growth. Locally, citizens of the town have elected officials who look out for their interests on the county commission and at the school board level. They have also been involved in local initiatives like environmental protection and supporting small business owners throughout the area. In recent years, Leitersburg has become increasingly active in local politics as residents engage with their elected officials to ensure that their voices are heard and taken into consideration.
The political climate in Leitersburg, 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
Leitersburg, 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.
Leitersburg, 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 Leitersburg, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 970 contributions totaling $78,066 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $52,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)