Riverside, MD is a small suburb located in the Baltimore–Washington Metropolitan Area. Politically speaking, Riverside is a part of Prince George’s County and is represented at the national level by Maryland's 4th congressional district. At the county level, Riverside residents are served by legislative representatives from three districts on the Prince George’s County Council. In addition to state and county representation, Riverside has an active local political presence with both Democrats and Republicans participating in local campaigns. Local issues focus mainly on infrastructure development, environmental protection, public safety, healthcare access, and education reform. Residents of Riverside take great pride in their community and strive for progress through thoughtful political engagement.
The political climate in Riverside, MD is leaning conservative.
Harford County, MD is somewhat conservative. In Harford County, MD 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harford county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 42.6%.
Harford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside, MD is leaning conservative.
Harford County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
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.
Riverside, Maryland: R R R R R R
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 Riverside, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,734 contributions totaling $128,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 912 contributions totaling $178,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)