New Market, MD is a small town located in the heart of Frederick County. Despite its small size, the town has an active political scene and many local residents take an active interest in local politics. There are various civic organizations, such as the New Market Civic Association, which work to keep citizens informed on current events and upcoming political issues. The town also has elected officials who represent them at the county and state level of government. In addition to elected officials, there are appointed boards and commissions made up of local businesspersons and representatives from nonprofit organizations that serve as liaisons between the community and government officials. All of these individuals work together to ensure that New Market remains a vibrant part of Frederick County's political landscape.
The political climate in New Market, MD is leaning conservative.
Frederick County, MD is somewhat liberal. In Frederick County, MD 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frederick county flipped moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 43.7%.
Frederick county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Market, MD is leaning conservative.
Frederick County, Maryland is somewhat liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
New Market, Maryland: R R r r r d
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 New Market, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,644 contributions totaling $160,269 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 335 contributions totaling $61,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)