Mount Airy, MD is a small town located in Carroll County with a population of approximately 9,100 people. The local politics of Mount Airy are mainly managed by the elected Mayor and six Town Council members. These seven representatives form the Town Council, which is responsible for creating policies that govern the daily business and operations of the community. Each member is elected to a two-year term, with elections occurring every other year during the November general election. The Town Council has an open meeting policy which allows all citizens to attend and participate in discussions about various topics impacting Mount Airy. Additionally, Mount Airy has several local organizations such as the Mount Airy Business Association and the Chamber of Commerce that work together to promote economic growth in the community. The Town Council also works closely with these organizations to ensure that issues affecting businesses are addressed promptly and effectively.
The political climate in Mount Airy, MD is moderately conservative.
Carroll County, MD is strongly conservative. In Carroll County, MD 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 36.3%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Airy, MD is moderately conservative.
Carroll County, Maryland is strongly conservative.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Mount Airy, 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 Mount Airy, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,874 contributions totaling $170,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 724 contributions totaling $92,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)