Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located in Harford County, Maryland. It is one of the oldest and largest military bases in the country. APG has a long history of providing critical support to the nation’s defense forces. The base is home to several major organizations and commands, including the United States Army Test and Evaluation Command and the US Army Research Laboratory.
Aberdeen Proving Ground does not have any local political candidates, as it does not have a population. The closest city to APG is Aberdeen, Maryland which is served by a mayor–council form of government. The mayor serves as chief executive, with council members elected from five wards who create laws and set policy. According to open government transparency policies, citizens have access to information about their local government and its decision-making process.
The political climate in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is leaning liberal.
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 Proving Ground, MD is leaning liberal.
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 Proving Ground, 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 Proving Ground, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $2,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)