The city of Hagerstown, Maryland 21740 is a vibrant, diverse, and growing community located in Washington County. It is home to a variety of local politics and elected officials who work hard to address the needs of its citizens. The current Mayor of Hagerstown is Bob Bruchey, who was re-elected to his third four-year term in 2019. The City Council consists of seven members who are all elected by the citizens of Hagerstown during municipal elections. Additionally, the city residents also elect a State Delegate and State Senator for Washington County to represent them at the state level. These representatives have been instrumental in advocating for important issues relating to public safety, education, economic growth, job creation, infrastructure improvements and much more. Overall, citizens of Hagerstown are confident that their voices are heard through their elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 21740 (Hagerstown, MD) is somewhat 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 21740 (Hagerstown, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Hagerstown, Maryland is somewhat 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.
Hagerstown, 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 21740 (Hagerstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,629 contributions totaling $49,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 421 contributions totaling $84,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)