Bowie, MD is a suburban city located in Prince George's County. It has a population of 56,239 and is the largest municipality in the county. The city has its own mayor-council government system with seven council members elected by residents to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is G. Frederick Robinson, who was first elected in 2015 and was reelected into office in 2019. He is part of a majority Democratic City Council that works together to ensure the safety and well-being of Bowie’s citizens. The city council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss issues that affect Bowie’s residents such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure, and development initiatives. In addition to Mayor Robinson and the seven members of the City Council, there are several local political candidates running for various offices including state delegate positions and county executive offices. All of these individuals work hard to represent Bowie’s best interests in their respective roles while also striving to make the city an even better place to live for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Bowie, MD is moderately 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
Bowie, MD is moderately 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.
Bowie, 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 Bowie, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,659 contributions totaling $2,182,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,475 contributions totaling $296,458 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)