The politics of Lochearn, MD (21207) are largely centered around the local government of Baltimore County. The county is overseen by a seven-member County Council that is elected to four-year terms. All constituents in the 21207 zip code are represented by Council District 3's Councilman, Tom Quirk. Since its incorporation in 1854, Lochearn has become part of a larger Greater Baltimore metropolitan region and its political structure reflects this growth. Through his representation on the County Council, Mr. Quirk works to ensure that the needs and interests of Lochearn residents are adequately addressed as issues arise at the county level. Additionally, Lochearn also participates in elections for local legislators who represent Maryland’s 8th congressional district in both Houses of Congress. These representatives work to address national issues impacting cities like Lochearn and their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 21207 (Lochearn, MD) is strongly liberal.
Baltimore County, MD is strongly liberal. In Baltimore County, MD 62.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.3% to 35.2%.
Baltimore county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21207 (Lochearn, MD) is strongly liberal.
Lochearn, Maryland is strongly liberal.
Baltimore County, Maryland is strongly 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.
Lochearn, 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 21207 (Lochearn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,300 contributions totaling $101,994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $5,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)