In 2017, Riverside, Maryland was a bustling town with a vibrant political atmosphere. The town had a number of local politicians running for office, all of whom shared their own unique views and ideas about how to better serve the community. Throughout the year, debates were held and rallies were attended to discuss important issues such as education, health care, and housing. There was a lot of local participation in these events and people of all ages showed up to make their voices heard. Despite disagreements on different topics, Riverside maintained an accepting attitude towards its citizens and allowed everyone to come together peacefully in order to work towards the greater good. As the year came to an end, the residents felt that their elected officials had done an admirable job representing them in government affairs.
The political climate in Zip 21017 (Riverside, 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 21017 (Riverside, MD) is somewhat conservative.
Riverside, 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.
Riverside, 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 21017 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $16,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $9,567 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)