Ellicott City, MD is a small city located in Howard County and has a strong local politics presence. The mayor of Ellicott City is Krys Johnson, who was elected to office in 2020. The seven-member City Council is composed of representatives from each of the four wards and represents all citizens' concerns and interests. In addition to the Mayor and Council, the city also has several committees that focus on specific issues such as public safety, transportation, finance, economic development, parks & recreation, and sustainability. The committees are responsible for developing recommendations for the Mayor and Council to consider when making decisions for the city. All citizens are encouraged to participate in their local government through these committees or by attending open meetings held by the Mayor or Council. There are also frequent town hall meetings where residents can voice their opinions directly to the elected officials. By engaging in local politics, Ellicott City citizens ensure that their voices are heard by those making decisions which affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Ellicott City, MD is moderately liberal.
Howard County, MD is very liberal. In Howard County, MD 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Howard county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ellicott City, MD is moderately liberal.
Howard County, Maryland is very liberal.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ellicott City, Maryland: d d D D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ellicott City, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,607 contributions totaling $2,298,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,126 contributions totaling $2,175,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $696 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)