National Harbor, MD is a great place for those looking to get involved in local politics. The city is governed by the Prince George's County Council, and the mayor of National Harbor is an elected official who serves a four-year term. Residents have the opportunity to take part in the process through various events like town hall meetings and volunteer committees. As with any political system, progress and change require collective effort from citizens. With this in mind, it’s important that we stay informed about the issues and candidates running for office so that we can make our voices heard when they count most.
The political climate in National Harbor, 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
National Harbor, 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.
National Harbor, 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 National Harbor, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,998 contributions totaling $390,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 368 contributions totaling $212,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $577 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)