The quaint town of Clear Spring, MD is a charming and peaceful place to live. The mayor is Paul J. Hall, who leads the small community of just over 900 citizens. Clear Spring has a long history as an agricultural hub and its residents are proud of their local heritage, evidenced by the fact that there are no political candidates running for office in 21722 Clear Spring, MD. Residents hold an immense amount of respect for their current mayor, who has served them diligently and faithfully since first taking office in 2009. Through his leadership, Mayor Hall continues to maintain a high quality of life for all citizens while also creating job opportunities and encouraging economic development throughout the area. With its unique charm and strong sense of community, it is no wonder why residents of 21722 Clear Spring continue to be proud of their local political leaders.
The political climate in Zip 21722 (Clear Spring, MD) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, MD is moderately conservative. In Washington County, MD 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21722 (Clear Spring, MD) is strongly conservative.
Clear Spring, Maryland is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Clear Spring, 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 21722 (Clear Spring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $3,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $22,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)