The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Maryland For 2023


The most conservative cities in Maryland are Frostburg and Cumberland for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: November 3, 2023

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Maryland would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Old Line State?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in Maryland with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.

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The 10 most conservative places in Maryland for 2023

  1. Frostburg
  2. Cumberland
  3. Elkton
  4. Westminster
  5. Taneytown
  6. Mount Airy
  7. Manchester
  8. Hampstead
  9. Hagerstown
  10. Ocean City

If you’re wondering, Greenbelt is the most liberal city in Maryland of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Maryland.

Additional reading about Maryland and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In Maryland For 2023

1. Frostburg

Frostburg, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Lee Cannon from Bayville aka West Fenwick, DE, USA | CC BY-SA 2.0

Percent Republican: 68.2%
More on Frostburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. Cumberland

Cumberland, MD

Source: Wikipedia User 0915426A | CC BY-SA 4.0

Percent Republican: 68.2%
More on Cumberland: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Elkton

Elkton, MD

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 62.0%
More on Elkton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Westminster

Westminster, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Farragutful | CC BY-SA 4.0

Percent Republican: 60.0%
More on Westminster: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Taneytown

Taneytown, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 4.0

Percent Republican: 60.0%
More on Taneytown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Mount Airy

Mount Airy, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Acroterion | CC BY-SA 3.0

Percent Republican: 60.0%
More on Mount Airy: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Manchester

Manchester, MD

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 60.0%
More on Manchester: Data | Crime | Real Estate

8. Hampstead

Hampstead, MD

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 60.0%
More on Hampstead: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Hagerstown

Hagerstown, MD

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 59.3%
More on Hagerstown: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Ocean City

Ocean City, MD

Source: Wikipedia User . The original uploader was Xiaphias at English Wikipedia | CC BY-SA 3.0

Percent Republican: 58.6%
More on Ocean City: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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How we determined the most conservative cities in Maryland for 2023

To find the most conservative places in Maryland, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in Maryland over 5,000 people based on the 2017-2021 American Community Survey. That left us with 42 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 42 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Frostburg, is “The Most Conservative City in Maryland For 2023”. The most liberal place in Maryland was Greenbelt.

We updated this article for 2023. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in Maryland.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in Maryland

Well, there you have it, the places in Maryland that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Frostburg ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in Maryland:

  1. Greenbelt
  2. Bladensburg
  3. Riverdale Park

For more Maryland reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In Maryland

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Frostburg, MD 7,282 68.2%
2 Cumberland, MD 19,028 68.2%
3 Elkton, MD 15,724 62.0%
4 Westminster, MD 19,783 60.0%
5 Taneytown, MD 7,183 60.0%
6 Mount Airy, MD 9,621 60.0%
7 Manchester, MD 5,350 60.0%
8 Hampstead, MD 6,273 60.0%
9 Hagerstown, MD 43,015 59.3%
10 Ocean City, MD 6,869 58.6%
11 Cambridge, MD 13,026 54.9%
12 Havre De Grace, MD 14,625 54.6%
13 Aberdeen, MD 16,176 54.6%
14 Bel Air, MD 10,663 54.6%
15 Chesapeake Beach, MD 6,303 51.6%
16 Fruitland, MD 5,455 49.6%
17 Salisbury, MD 32,583 49.6%
18 Easton, MD 16,912 48.5%
19 Cheste, MD 5,557 48.1%
20 Walkersville, MD 6,134 43.7%
21 Brunswick, MD 7,578 43.7%
22 Frederick, MD 76,376 43.7%
23 Thurmont, MD 6,247 43.7%
24 Annapolis, MD 40,581 41.3%
25 La Plata, MD 10,054 28.6%
26 Gaithersburg, MD 68,827 19.0%
27 Poolesville, MD 5,666 19.0%
28 Takoma Park, MD 17,610 19.0%
29 Rockville, MD 67,095 19.0%
30 Baltimore, MD 592,211 10.7%
31 Cheverly, MD 6,191 8.7%
32 Glenarden, MD 6,341 8.7%
33 Bowie, MD 58,113 8.7%
34 Hyattsville, MD 20,790 8.7%
35 College Park, MD 34,961 8.7%
36 District Heights, MD 5,927 8.7%
37 Mount Rainier, MD 8,290 8.7%
38 Laurel, MD 29,438 8.7%
39 New Carrollton, MD 13,574 8.7%
40 Riverdale Park, MD 7,321 8.7%
41 Bladensburg, MD 9,591 8.7%
42 Greenbelt, MD 24,602 8.7%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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