The politics in the 21204 zip code of Towson, Maryland are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. This is due to the fact that the majority of registered voters are in this party. In addition, this area has a high voter turnout rate and elected officials typically reflect the views of their constituents. Recently, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. was elected to represent the area in 2019. He has implemented a number of progressive policies that have been welcomed by many residents in 21204. The Towson area also continues to address issues such as housing affordability, drug addiction, education reform and economic development initiatives. Local politicians have been active in advocating for these topics at both state and federal levels to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 21204 (Towson, MD) is moderately 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 21204 (Towson, MD) is moderately liberal.
Towson, Maryland is moderately 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.
Towson, 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 21204 (Towson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,728 contributions totaling $958,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 654 contributions totaling $277,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)