Severna Park, MD is a small community located in Anne Arundel County. It has a thriving business district and is home to many families and young professionals. Despite its size, Severna Park has an active political scene. The local government consists of a mayor and six town council members who are elected by the citizens of Severna Park every four years. The mayor serves as the chief executive officer of the town and oversees the day-to-day operations of the city government. Additionally, state representatives from both major political parties are often running for office at the county level in order to represent their constituents' interests. Residents can find out more about upcoming elections and candidate information at their local library or on websites such as Vote411 which provide comprehensive information regarding voter registration, election dates, candidates, and polling locations. Severna Park is an engaged community that takes pride in having an active role in determining the future of its town through voting.
The political climate in Severna Park, MD is leaning liberal.
Anne Arundel County, MD is somewhat liberal. In Anne Arundel County, MD 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anne Arundel county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 41.3%.
Anne Arundel county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Severna Park, MD is leaning liberal.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland is somewhat 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.
Severna Park, Maryland: r R r r 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 Severna Park, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,257 contributions totaling $1,931,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,445 contributions totaling $941,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)