Anne Arundel County, Maryland has a rich political history, with major party candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties vying for local office. The county is part of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area and is home to the state's capital, Annapolis. In recent years, Anne Arundel County has been seen as a bellwether in presidential elections and was most recently won by Donald Trump in 2016. Locally, there have been many changes in political representation over the years, including Republican Robert Neall’s election to County Executive in 2018 after decades of Democratic leadership. Additionally, voters recently approved an increase to the county’s minimum wage that will take effect in 2021. As Anne Arundel County continues to evolve politically, new candidates from both major parties will continue to be elected and participate in shaping its future direction.
The political climate in 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
Anne Arundel County, MD 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.
Anne Arundel, 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 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 Anne Arundel County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38,370 contributions totaling $13,076,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,569 contributions totaling $3,358,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)