Frederick, Maryland is a historic city located in the heart of Frederick County. It has a rich political history and an active local politics scene. Currently there are three county commissioners representing District 1, District 2, and District 3 of Frederick County with Paul Smith, Jessica Fitzwater, and Billy Shreve respectively. The City of Frederick also has its own mayor and Board of Aldermen who work to make policies that benefit the citizens of Frederick. There are many local organizations dedicated to advancing political beliefs and causes in the community such as the Frederick County Young Democrats, Working Families Party, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, Social Justice Action Group, and others. These organizations strive to ensure that their voices are heard by elected officials both at a local level and in Washington D.C.
The political climate in Zip 21701 (Frederick, MD) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 21701 (Frederick, MD) is leaning liberal.
Frederick, Maryland is leaning liberal.
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.
Frederick, 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 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 21701 (Frederick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,315 contributions totaling $199,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 516 contributions totaling $80,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)