East Riverdale, MD is a small town located in Prince George's County in the state of Maryland. The politics in East Riverdale are largely influenced by the local Democratic Party, with progressive candidates advocating for issues such as affordable healthcare, education reform, and criminal justice reform. Local politicians have worked hard to ensure that all citizens of East Riverdale receive fair representation and access to basic needs. In recent years, there have been efforts to increase voter turnout and get more people involved in local elections. During election season, political debates are held between the various candidates running for office giving voters an opportunity to hear each candidate’s views on important topics. These debates bring the community together as residents voice their opinions and cast their votes on the future of their town.
The political climate in East Riverdale, MD is strongly liberal.
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
East Riverdale, MD is strongly liberal.
Prince George's County, Maryland 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.
East Riverdale, 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 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 East Riverdale, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,327 contributions totaling $986,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $92,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)