Glen Burnie, Maryland is a small city located in Anne Arundel County, just south of Baltimore. Politically, it is a part of the larger Baltimore metropolitan area and holds an important role in national politics as well. Since its founding in 1812, Glen Burnie has been an important part of the state’s political landscape with representation in both local and federal government. At the municipal level, Glen Burnie has its own mayor and council who work to ensure that residents have access to quality services and amenities while also working to maintain fiscal responsibility. On the national front, Glen Burnie is represented by two members of Congress from the third district of Maryland – Elijah Cummings and Dutch Ruppersberger. Additionally, residents can also vote in statewide elections like governor or state legislators who are responsible for making laws that directly impact their lives. With these representatives, Glen Burnie helps to shape policy decisions throughout the country – even if it seems like a small city on paper.
The political climate in Glen Burnie, MD is somewhat liberal.
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
Glen Burnie, MD is somewhat liberal.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland 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.
Glen Burnie, 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 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 Glen Burnie, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,575 contributions totaling $565,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,500 contributions totaling $418,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)