Sandy Hook is an unincorporated community located in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a rural area with limited sources of entertainment and business. As a result, the politics in Sandy Hook are not very active. However, it does have local government representation on the Montgomery County Council and in the Maryland General Assembly. While there are no specific political candidates for Sandy Hook, residents still have the opportunity to participate in local elections and cast their votes for those running for office within Montgomery County and beyond. Residents can also join local civic organizations to get involved in the political process and advocate for issues that are important to them and their community.
The political climate in Sandy Hook, 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
Sandy Hook, 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.
Sandy Hook, 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 Sandy Hook, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 396 contributions totaling $42,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $5,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)