Garrett County, MD is a rural area located in the westernmost part of Maryland and has a population of about 30,000 people. Politically, the county leans conservative and is largely represented by Republican candidates both on the local and state level. Locally, there are several elected officials that hold office such as County Commissioners and other representatives who serve to ensure that the citizens’ voices are heard when it comes to making decisions for Garrett County. The area's economy relies heavily on tourism from activities such as skiing, fishing, hunting, and camping which bring visitors to the area each year. Issues important to Garrett County residents include ensuring access to quality education, protecting gun rights, improving infrastructure development and investment in local businesses.
The political climate in Garrett County, MD is very conservative.
In Garrett County, MD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garrett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Garrett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garrett County, MD is very conservative.
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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.
Garrett, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Garrett County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 872 contributions totaling $62,836 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $108,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)