The small town of Friendsville, MD (21531) is located in Garrett County and is home to a population of roughly 1,722 people. While the town is small, it has a thriving local political scene. Each year, Friendsville residents have the opportunity to elect members to serve on the Town Council. Candidates vying for positions on the Town Council must live within the town limits and are responsible for representing their constituents in matters related to local government legislation. Additionally, Friendsville residents often vote on important county- and state-wide initiatives such as taxes and school boards. As a result of its active local politics, Friendsville remains an important part of Garrett County's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 21531 (Friendsville, 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 21531 (Friendsville, MD) is very conservative.
Friendsville, 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.
Friendsville, 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 21531 (Friendsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)