Cottage City, MD is a small suburb located in the Washington DC area. It is an affluent community with a diverse population. The most important political issues to the citizens of Cottage City include education, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and environmental conservation. In recent years, Cottage City residents have become increasingly involved in local politics and are now actively engaged in determining the future of their city. Several local politicians from both parties have been elected to represent Cottage City in various roles over the years. These elected officials strive to make sure that their constituents’ needs are heard and addressed while also helping them achieve their goals for the future of their city. The different points of view on the various issues discussed within Cottage City help create a vibrant political landscape with passionate voices advocating for change.
The political climate in Cottage City, 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
Cottage City, 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.
Cottage City, 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 Cottage City, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 256 contributions totaling $17,586 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $2,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)