In Mechanicsville, MD 20659, the politics are largely determined at the local level. Residents of Mechanicsville have the opportunity to vote for candidates in local elections that will directly influence their area. Elections for city council members, mayoral races, and other local positions are held on a regular basis to ensure that local policies best reflect the needs of the community. Voting is an important way to make sure your voice is heard in Mechanicsville and to ensure that everyone’s interests are taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions about the town.
The political climate in Zip 20659 (Mechanicsville, MD) is moderately conservative.
St. Mary's County, MD is somewhat conservative. In St. Mary's County, MD 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary's county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 41.6%.
St. Mary's county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20659 (Mechanicsville, MD) is moderately conservative.
Mechanicsville, Maryland is moderately conservative.
St. Mary's County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
California-Lexington Park Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Mechanicsville, 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 20659 (Mechanicsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $153,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $704 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $31,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)