The city of Havre de Grace, Maryland is located in Harford County and has a rich history. It has been an important port on the Susquehanna River since its earliest days and continues to be a major part of the local economy. Despite its small size, Havre de Grace has a strong political presence with several local candidates running for office. These include representatives in the Maryland House of Delegates as well as county-level representatives for Harford County Council. In addition, Havre de Grace often plays host to events related to state and national politics. Recently, there have been debates between Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates held here. This demonstrates the importance of local politics in Havre de Grace and how it contributes to the larger political conversation in Maryland as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 21078 (Havre de Grace, MD) is somewhat 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
Zip 21078 (Havre de Grace, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Havre de Grace, Maryland is somewhat 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.
Havre de Grace, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 21078 (Havre de Grace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,369 contributions totaling $47,426 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $20,004 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)