North Laurel, MD is a small town in the state of Maryland with a population of about 11,000 people. It is located in Howard County and is known for its strong sense of community and small-town charm. Politically, North Laurel is part of the larger Howard County Democratic Party. The party has been dominant in the county for many years, due to the large number of registered Democrats in the area. The Democratic Party has held all of the elected offices in Howard County since 2009, including representatives on both the local and state levels. On the local level, some familiar names include Courtney Watson (Councilwoman), Calvin Ball (County Executive), and Jon Weinstein (Delegate). These three have worked hard to ensure that North Laurel remains a safe and dependable place to call home.
The political climate in North Laurel, 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
North Laurel, 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.
North Laurel, 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 North Laurel, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,418 contributions totaling $136,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $936,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)