The small town of Accident, MD is home to a population of around 800 people. Despite its small size, it plays an important role in local politics. Each year, residents take part in local elections to vote for the Mayor and City Council members who will serve as their representatives. As a result of these elections, the elected officials are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect the daily lives of their constituents. Additionally, they are tasked with ensuring that the town's budget is spent responsibly and that services such as police protection, garbage collection, snow removal and street maintenance are kept up-to-date and functioning properly. With careful management and representation from its elected officials, Accident is able to remain an active member of its local political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 21520 (Accident, MD) is very conservative.
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
Zip 21520 (Accident, MD) is very conservative.
Accident, Maryland is very conservative.
Garrett County, Maryland 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.
Accident, 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 zip 21520 (Accident)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $857 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)