The politics in 21771 Mount Airy, MD are vibrant and ever-evolving. The town is located in the 9th Congressional District of Maryland, represented by Congressman Jamie Raskin in the US House of Representatives. In terms of local government, Mount Airy’s city council is made up of seven members who are voted into office by the citizens. In addition to these elected officials, there are also several important organizations that advocate for local policy changes such as the Greater Mount Airy Citizens Association and the Mount Airy Environmental Advisory Committee. These organizations work diligently to ensure that the laws and regulations created by the City Council benefit all citizens of bothMount Airy and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 21771 (Mount Airy, 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 21771 (Mount Airy, MD) is leaning liberal.
Mount Airy, 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.
Mount Airy, 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 21771 (Mount Airy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,437 contributions totaling $85,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 362 contributions totaling $46,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)