Prince George's County, Maryland is an important hub of political activity. With a population of over 900,000 people, it is the second most populous county in Maryland and represents many different interests in both national and state politics. The county has a long history of diverse representation in local government with numerous elected officials at the state and congressional levels providing leadership and guidance for the residents. Local politicians are typically dedicated to representing the needs of Prince George’s County citizens, including addressing their concerns about economic opportunity, public safety, education funding and other issues that affect them directly. Many residents actively participate in local elections by voting for candidates who will best represent their interests in office. This ongoing engagement creates a vibrant political culture that informs policies that impact all residents throughout the county.
The political climate in Prince George's County, MD is very liberal.
In Prince George's County, MD 89.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 8.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince George's county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 89.3% to 8.7%.
Prince George's county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prince George's County, MD is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Prince George's, 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 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 Prince George's County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50,612 contributions totaling $6,311,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,332 contributions totaling $842,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)