20716 Bowie, MD is a diverse city with over 57,000 residents. Located in the heart of Prince George's County, Bowie is home to many state and local politicians who strive to make the city a better place for its citizens. Issues such as education, economic development, infrastructure and public safety are important to local citizens and the politicians they elect into office must prioritize these topics when representing their constituents. Local politicians in 20716 Bowie fight for initiatives such as improving traffic flow in the area, increasing access to public transportation, building more affordable housing, and creating jobs through new businesses. The city's representatives take an active role in advocating for laws that will benefit all of Bowie’s citizens by working closely with state and federal lawmakers.
The political climate in Zip 20716 (Bowie, MD) is strongly liberal.
Prince George's County, MD is very liberal. In Prince George's County, MD 89.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 8.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince George's county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 89.3% to 8.7%.
Prince George's county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 20716 (Bowie, MD) is strongly liberal.
Bowie, Maryland is strongly liberal.
Prince George's County, Maryland is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Bowie, 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 20716 (Bowie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 821 contributions totaling $79,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $16,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)