College Park, MD is the home to a diverse community with unique political interests. The city is governed by a mayor and city council, who are elected every four years. The current mayor of College Park is Patrick Wojahn and the current members of the City Council are Fazlul Kabir, P.J. Brennan, Robert Day, Mary Cook, Eugene F. Pacella Jr., John Paparazzo, and Stephanie Stullich. Each of these individuals bring their own perspectives to decisions which affect the city as a whole. As a result of its diversity, College Park's politics can be quite complex and involve many different stakeholders in the decision-making process. Community engagement is highly encouraged and citizens are able to voice their opinions on matters such as future development plans or public safety initiatives through public forums hosted by local government officials or through letters to the editor in local newspapers. Ultimately, College Park's politics reflect the ideas and beliefs of its citizens and strive to create an equitable society for all residents.
The political climate in College Park, 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
College Park, 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.
College Park, 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 College Park, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,106 contributions totaling $1,600,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,071 contributions totaling $211,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)