Beltsville, MD is located in Prince George's County and is a vibrant community with a rich history. The local government of Beltsville works to ensure that the citizens of this small town are provided with quality services and representation. In Beltsville there are two key political parties that dominate the area, the Democratic and Republican parties. Each party has its own candidates running for office who have different stances on issues like education, healthcare, immigration and more. There are also several smaller independent parties whose members often serve as watchdogs to make sure that their voices are heard in local politics. The overall politics of Beltsville are generally moderate and focused on working together to make the community a better place for all who live there.
The political climate in Beltsville, 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
Beltsville, 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.
Beltsville, 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 Beltsville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,959 contributions totaling $841,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 903 contributions totaling $180,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)