Riviera Beach, MD is a small community located in Anne Arundel County. It is governed by a mayor-council government system, with the Mayor of Riviera Beach as the head of the executive branch and the City Council members forming the legislative branch. The current mayor is Cedric C. Denson, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. The city council consists of five members, each representing one of the five wards that make up Riviera Beach. City council meetings are held monthly to discuss issues related to local governance and public affairs in Riviera Beach. The current issues facing Riviera Beach include poverty and crime rates, economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. In addition to local politics, state representatives from Maryland's District 30 also serve Riviera Beach residents when it comes to state legislation and initiatives related to education, healthcare, taxes and other matters of importance for the city's residents.
The political climate in Zip 21226 (Riviera Beach, MD) is somewhat liberal.
Anne Arundel County, MD is somewhat liberal. In Anne Arundel County, MD 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anne Arundel county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 41.3%.
Anne Arundel county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21226 (Riviera Beach, MD) is somewhat liberal.
Riviera Beach, Maryland is somewhat liberal.
Anne Arundel County, Maryland is somewhat 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.
Riviera Beach, Maryland: r R r r 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 21226 (Riviera Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $12,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $873 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)