Reisterstown, Maryland is a town located in Baltimore County with a population of approximately 30,000 people. It has been around since the late 1700s and is a historical part of Maryland. In terms of politics, Reisterstown is part of the 7th Congressional District. Representing this district in Congress is Elijah Cummings and his staff works hard to ensure that the citizens of Reisterstown have their needs represented on the federal level. Additionally, it is included in the 42nd District for the Maryland House of Delegates which is currently represented by Eric Bromwell and Major Riddick. On the local level, Reisterstown has its own mayor and board of commissioners who work together to promote economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, education initiatives, and other community programs. The annual town elections are an important opportunity for residents to become involved in their local government and make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Reisterstown, MD is moderately liberal.
Baltimore County, MD is strongly liberal. In Baltimore County, MD 62.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.3% to 35.2%.
Baltimore county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Reisterstown, MD is moderately liberal.
Baltimore County, Maryland is strongly 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.
Reisterstown, 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 Reisterstown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,176 contributions totaling $1,454,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 717 contributions totaling $450,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $628 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)