Bel Air, MD is a small town in the northeastern corner of Maryland. Located in Harford County, it is home to many families who have lived there for generations. While Bel Air does not have a large population, its politics are still an important part of life in the town. Bel Air residents take pride in their local government and take part in the democratic process by voting in local elections. In addition, citizens can get involved by attending city council meetings or volunteering on campaigns for local political candidates. These candidates often focus on issues such as economic development, education, public transportation and infrastructure investment that will benefit the entire community. Bel Air's political scene is vibrant and has been since its founding over two centuries ago.
The political climate in Bel Air town (Harford County), 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
Bel Air town (Harford County), 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.
Bel Air town (Harford County), 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 Bel Air town (Harford County), MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,076 contributions totaling $85,411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 588 contributions totaling $100,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)