The politics in Spring Ridge, MD are generally focused on finding ways to better serve the community and improve the quality of life for local residents. There are a variety of different issues that the local political candidates address, such as education, public safety, infrastructure development, economic growth, and environmental protection. The local political candidates also focus on creating policies that will help to promote a vibrant and diverse community. Local leaders strive to create opportunities for citizens to get involved in their government and advocate for changes they believe would benefit the entire city. Residents have an active role in deciding who represents them at the local level and are able to vote for candidates they believe will best serve their interests. Additionally, all city council members must be elected by a majority of voters in order to gain office.
The political climate in Spring Ridge, 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
Spring Ridge, 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.
Spring Ridge, 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 Spring Ridge, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,457 contributions totaling $270,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 635 contributions totaling $112,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)