The 21202 zip code in Baltimore, Maryland is a vibrant and diverse community that is home to a range of people from all walks of life. Politically, the area has strong roots in Democratic values and candidates who run for office are usually Democrats. The local government is managed by Mayor Brandon Scott, who has been in office since 2020 and was re-elected in 2021. Along with the mayor, there are other elected officials such as City Council members, who work together to create policy that will help make 21202 a better place for everyone. In addition to the local politics, Baltimore also participates in regional politics and works with other counties and cities throughout the state. It is an engaged community that works hard to ensure their voices are heard on both the local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 21202 (Baltimore, MD) is very liberal.
Baltimore City County, MD is very liberal. In Baltimore City County, MD 87.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 10.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 87.3% to 10.7%.
Baltimore city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21202 (Baltimore, MD) is very liberal.
Baltimore, Maryland is very liberal.
Baltimore City County, Maryland is very 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.
Baltimore, 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 21202 (Baltimore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,995 contributions totaling $2,407,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $486,561 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,602 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)