Riva, MD is a small town situated in the Anne Arundel County of Maryland. Despite its size, the politics of Riva are very active and vibrant. In order to keep up with local elections, residents need to stay informed about their county representatives and state senators. The current county executive for Anne Arundel County is Steuart Pittman and he is running for re-election in 2020. However, he faces three other candidates in the Democratic primary -- Sarah Elfreth, Michael Malone, and Chike Anyanwu. Additionally, there are two Republican primary candidates also running for county executive -- Robert Sommers and Steven Schuh. Maryland has been predominantly a Democratic state since 1968 and both US Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen represent the state as Democrats. In addition to these party primaries, there are many local campaigns that directly affect Riva residents such as issues around taxes, public education, infrastructure improvements and more. Thus it is important to stay informed about what candidates are offering in terms of their views on these topics before voting in any election cycle.
The political climate in Riva, MD is leaning 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
Riva, MD is leaning 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.
Riva, 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 Riva, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,198 contributions totaling $452,149 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,033 contributions totaling $545,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $528 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)