The small town of 21778 Rocky Ridge, MD is located in the foothills of a mountain range. The town has a population of around 4,500 people and consists mainly of rural communities. The local politics in 21778 Rocky Ridge, MD are handled by a mayor and six-member town council. The mayor is elected to serve for a two-year term and is responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community. The town council members are also elected to serve for two-year terms and they work together with the mayor to address local issues. Issues that have been addressed include public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and so on. Every year the citizens of 21778 Rocky Ridge get an opportunity to vote for their choice of candidates in local elections. In addition to electing their representatives at the local level, citizens also get involved in state and national politics as well as voting on ballot measures brought before them during election years.
The political climate in Zip 21778 (Rocky Ridge, MD) is leaning conservative.
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 21778 (Rocky Ridge, MD) is leaning conservative.
Rocky Ridge, Maryland is leaning conservative.
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.
Rocky Ridge, 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 21778 (Rocky Ridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 797 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)