The politics in Dundalk, MD 21222 are an integral part of the community. The area is represented in Maryland’s legislature by Delegates Mary Ann Lisanti, Pat McDonough, and Bob Long, as well as Senator Johnny Ray Salling. Local government is handled by the Baltimore County Council and Executive, with district 7 represented by Todd Crandell and district 8 by Julie C. Larkins. There are also various boards and commissions that deal with issues such as housing, health, education and all other aspects of life in Dundalk. Additionally, local elections for political positions occur every four years to ensure that the people of Dundalk have a say in who represents them on a local level.
The political climate in Zip 21222 (Dundalk, 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 21222 (Dundalk, MD) is moderately liberal.
Dundalk, 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.
Dundalk, 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 21222 (Dundalk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $18,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $51,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)