The city of Towson, MD, located in zip code 21286, is home to a diverse and engaged population that takes an active interest in their local politics. As the county seat of Baltimore County, Towson has a strong history of civic engagement and political involvement. The politically active citizens of Towson are represented by a variety of elected officials at the state and federal level. Most notably, Elijah Cummings represented Maryland's 7th district from 1996 until his death in 2019. His seat was filled by Kweisi Mfume who had previously served on the Baltimore City Council from 1979-1986. At present, representatives from the 21286 area are John Sarbanes (3rd District), Andy Harris (1st District), Anthony Brown (4th District), and David Trone (6th District). Marylanders have long been passionate about their political involvement and Towson residents actively participate in this culture by attending town halls, following debates closely, and advocating for issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 21286 (Towson, MD) is moderately liberal.
Baltimore County, MD is strongly liberal. In Baltimore County, MD 62.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.3% to 35.2%.
Baltimore county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21286 (Towson, MD) is moderately liberal.
Towson, Maryland is moderately liberal.
Baltimore County, Maryland is strongly liberal.
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.
Towson, 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 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 21286 (Towson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,976 contributions totaling $375,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 342 contributions totaling $119,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)