Hyattsville, MD is a vibrant and diverse town that is home to around 18,000 residents. The city has a rich political history, with its first charter established in 1886. Today, Hyattsville is governed by a mayor and a six-member city council, which are elected at-large by local citizens in the community. The city also sends representatives to the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis to represent their interests in state politics. Local political issues that affect Hyattsville range from providing quality public services to promoting economic development for the area. In recent years, the city has implemented policies to reduce crime and improve infrastructure such as expanding bike lanes and increasing access to healthy foods for local residents. Hyattsville's strong commitment to civic engagement has allowed it to remain an inclusive and welcoming place where all voices can be heard.
The political climate in Hyattsville, 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
Hyattsville, 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.
Hyattsville, 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 Hyattsville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,286 contributions totaling $2,007,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 824 contributions totaling $190,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)