Harford County, Maryland is located in the northeastern part of the state and is home to many different political views. It’s population is estimated to be around 250,000 people and the county seat is Bel Air. The main political parties represented in Harford County politics are Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, and Green Party. Local representatives for these parties have been elected over the years by voters in Harford County and they work together on issues that affect the people living there. There are a number of different organizations as well as grassroots initiatives that help shape the local politics in Harford County such as the Harford County Democratic Central Committee and Harford County Citizens Council. These organizations hold meetings with local politicians, make recommendations on legislation affecting local citizens, and provide resources to help residents become more involved in their local government. Overall, politics in Harford County is a mix of different ideas and ideologies from both major parties, resulting in an overall diverse political landscape that works towards bettering the lives of all citizens residing within it.
The political climate in Harford County, MD is somewhat conservative.
In Harford County, MD 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harford county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 42.6%.
Harford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harford County, MD is somewhat conservative.
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.
Harford, Maryland: R R R R R R
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 Harford County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,645 contributions totaling $504,320 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,076 contributions totaling $621,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)