The politics of Baltimore's 21206 zip code are reflective of the city's overall political climate. The area is largely represented by Democrats, with the majority of local elected officials being members of the Democratic Party. This includes Maryland's 3rd District Congressman John Sarbanes, who won reelection in 2020 with over 63% of the vote. The area is also represented by Maryland State Senator Jill Carter and Delegate Mary Washington, both Democrats. On the local level, residents in 21206 are represented by City Council President Brandon Scott and Mayor Bernard C. \"Jack\" Young, both of whom were elected as Democrats. Given this political landscape, it is clear that 21206 Baltimore favors progressive policies and candidates who support them.
The political climate in Zip 21206 (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 21206 (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 21206 (Baltimore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,244 contributions totaling $59,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $5,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)