Aberdeen, Maryland is a small city located in Harford County. Its politics are shaped by the local government and the representatives that are chosen to serve the community. The local government consists of a mayor, city council, and other appointed officials that work together to ensure the best interests of Aberdeen’s citizens are met. The current mayor of Aberdeen is Patrick McGrady, who was elected in 2018 and re-elected for a second term in 2020. Other notable political figures in Aberdeen include Senator Bob Cassilly, Delegates Mary Ann Lisanti and Andrew Cassilly, and Representative Terri Hill. Together these officials represent and advocate for the residents of Aberdeen in both local and state elections. They strive to ensure their constituents have access to resources like education, health care, public safety, and job opportunities. As Aberdeen continues to grow and develop politically, its citizens hope that their representatives will continue to be responsive to their needs and work towards creating a better future for all.
The political climate in Aberdeen, MD is leaning conservative.
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
Aberdeen, MD is leaning conservative.
Harford County, Maryland 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.
Aberdeen, 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 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 Aberdeen, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,969 contributions totaling $110,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 516 contributions totaling $72,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)