Ellicott City, MD 21043 is located near the state's major cities and sits in the heart of Maryland's 8th Congressional District. Politically, this area is largely represented by Democrat Elijah Cummings, who has served as a Congressman since 1996 and has been a strong advocate for environmental protection initiatives and healthcare reform. Local politics also feature strong support for public education and infrastructure improvements, as well as pushing for criminal justice reform. In recent years, residents have organized in support of their local candidates during elections and have made it their mission to ensure that all residents are equally represented when it comes to political decisions.
The political climate in Zip 21043 (Ellicott City, MD) is strongly liberal.
Howard County, MD is very liberal. In Howard County, MD 70.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.7% to 26.4%.
Howard county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21043 (Ellicott City, MD) is strongly liberal.
Ellicott City, Maryland is strongly liberal.
Howard 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.
Ellicott City, 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 21043 (Ellicott City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,311 contributions totaling $296,728 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 445 contributions totaling $104,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)