Highland, Maryland is a small town located in Prince George's County. It is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area and has a population of just over 6,000 people. The town is governed by an elected Mayor and Town Council representing various wards in the town. In Highland, local politics are focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens through providing services such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. The Mayor and Town Council are committed to making Highland a safe and prosperous place to live for all of its citizens. They work hard to ensure that their constituents have access to high quality services and resources that will enhance their lives. Additionally, they strive to be transparent with information on how they spend taxpayer money while also engaging the community in decision-making processes.
The political climate in Highland, MD is moderately liberal.
Howard County, MD is very liberal. In Howard County, MD 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Howard county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highland, MD is moderately liberal.
Howard County, Maryland is very 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.
Highland, 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 Highland, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,110 contributions totaling $1,688,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $543 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 536 contributions totaling $380,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $710 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)