Vale Summit, MD is a small rural town nestled in the foothills of Maryland’s Appalachian Mountains. Although it is a small community, it has a vibrant political life with passionate citizens who are actively engaged in local politics. Residents often attend city council meetings and participate in local campaigns to voice their views on important issues facing their community. A variety of local political candidates have emerged from the Vale Summit area and are dedicated to representing the interests of its citizens. From advocating for increased funding for schools and libraries to protecting low-income housing, these candidates strive to find solutions that bring real progress and solutions to the people of the town. They understand that while budgeting can be difficult, investing in its citizens is at the heart of what makes Vale Summit thrive.
The political climate in Vale Summit, 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
Vale Summit, 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.
Vale Summit, 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 Vale Summit, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $12,627 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)