The city of College Park, MD, located in zip code 20740, is a vibrant and diverse community with politics playing an important role in shaping its identity. College Park is part of Prince George’s County, and the county’s executive Benjamin L. Bonitatibus was elected in 2018 to serve as the chief executive of the county. Every four years residents of College Park have the opportunity to elect their representatives at both state and federal levels including state senators, delegates, congressmen and other officials. As a result of having such passionate and engaged citizens involved in local politics, the city has seen increased investment from different organizations that are determined to improve the quality of life for all who live in College Park.
The political climate in Zip 20740 (College Park, 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 20740 (College Park, MD) is strongly liberal.
College Park, 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.
College Park, 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 20740 (College Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,079 contributions totaling $282,598 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $43,796 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)