The small town of Spring Gap, MD is located in Allegany County and is home to a diverse population. While the town does not have its own mayor or other political offices, the local citizens are represented by their state and federal representatives in Annapolis and Washington D.C., respectively. During election times, the citizens of Spring Gap take part in the democratic process by voting for their preferred candidates in primary and general elections. There is also an active civic engagement throughout the year with citizens attending town hall meetings, participating in public forums, and engaging with their local officials on issues that are important to them. The residents of Spring Gap value their political voice and take great pride in exercising it.
The political climate in Spring Gap, MD is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, MD is very conservative. In Allegany County, MD 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.9%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Gap, MD is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, Maryland is very conservative.
Cumberland Metro Area is very 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.
Spring Gap, 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 Spring Gap, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 937 contributions totaling $72,557 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $48,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)