The 10 Most Liberal Cities In Maryland For 2023


The most liberal cities in Maryland are Bowie and College Park for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: November 3, 2023

In this article, we will explore some of the most liberal cities in Maryland, where progressive ideas and inclusive attitudes flourish.

If you’re looking to move to Maryland and want to know where the majority of Marylanders lean left, you’ve come to the right place.

Specifically, we wanted to know which cities have the highest number of liberal voters in the Old Line State.

To do so, we analyzed how the people in each city in Maryland with a population greater than 5,000 voted during the last presidential election. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Democrat were named the most liberal cities in the state.

If you’re wondering, Frostburg is the most conservative city in Maryland of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then, we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most liberal cities in Maryland.

And if you already knew these places were liberal, check out some more reading about Maryland and the most liberal places in the country:

Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table

The 10 Most Liberal Places In Maryland For 2023

1. Bowie

Bowie, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Andrew Bossi | CC BY-SA 2.5
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Bowie: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. College Park

College Park, MD

Source: Wikipedia User User:Tomf688 | CC BY-SA 2.5
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on College Park: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Laurel

Laurel, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Adavidb at English Wikipedia | GFDL
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Laurel: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Greenbelt

Greenbelt, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Andrew Bossi | CC BY-SA 2.5
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Greenbelt: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Hyattsville

Hyattsville, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 4.0
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Hyattsville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. New Carrollton

New Carrollton, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Christopher Sayan | CC BY-SA 3.0
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on New Carrollton: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Bladensburg

Bladensburg, MD

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Bladensburg: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Mount Rainier

Mount Rainier, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Nonvirtual | CC BY-SA 3.0
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Mount Rainier: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Riverdale Park

Riverdale Park, MD

Source: Wikipedia User Famartin | CC BY-SA 4.0
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Riverdale Park: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Glenarden

Glenarden, MD

Source: Flickr User MDGovpics | CC BY 2.0
Percent Democrat: 89.3%
More on Glenarden: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How we determined the most liberal cities in Maryland for 2023

To find the most liberal places in Maryland, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most liberals.

Straight forward.

We started by making a list of every city in Maryland over 5,000 people based on the 2017-2021 American Community Survey. That left us with 42 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places lean the most leftward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For Democratic President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Democrats, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

The winner, Bowie, is “The Most liberal City in Maryland For 2023”. The most conservative place in Maryland was Frostburg.

We updated this article for 2023. This report is our tenth time ranking the most liberal places to live in Maryland.

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Summing Up The Liberal Snowflakes in Maryland

Well, there you have it, the places in Maryland that have the highest number of liberals per capita, with Bowie ranking as the least conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the least liberal cities in Maryland:

  1. Frostburg
  2. Cumberland
  3. Elkton

For more Maryland reading, check out:

Most Liberal Places In Maryland

Rank City Population % Liberal
1 Bowie, MD 58,113 89.3%
2 College Park, MD 34,961 89.3%
3 Laurel, MD 29,438 89.3%
4 Greenbelt, MD 24,602 89.3%
5 Hyattsville, MD 20,790 89.3%
6 New Carrollton, MD 13,574 89.3%
7 Bladensburg, MD 9,591 89.3%
8 Mount Rainier, MD 8,290 89.3%
9 Riverdale Park, MD 7,321 89.3%
10 Glenarden, MD 6,341 89.3%
11 Cheverly, MD 6,191 89.3%
12 District Heights, MD 5,927 89.3%
13 Baltimore, MD 592,211 87.3%
14 Gaithersburg, MD 68,827 78.6%
15 Rockville, MD 67,095 78.6%
16 Takoma Park, MD 17,610 78.6%
17 Poolesville, MD 5,666 78.6%
18 La Plata, MD 10,054 69.5%
19 Annapolis, MD 40,581 55.8%
20 Frederick, MD 76,376 53.3%
21 Mount Airy, MD 9,621 53.3%
22 Brunswick, MD 7,578 53.3%
23 Thurmont, MD 6,247 53.3%
24 Walkersville, MD 6,134 53.3%
25 Cheste, MD 5,557 49.4%
26 Easton, MD 16,912 49.0%
27 Salisbury, MD 32,583 47.7%
28 Fruitland, MD 5,455 47.7%
29 Chesapeake Beach, MD 6,303 46.0%
30 Cambridge, MD 13,026 42.9%
31 Aberdeen, MD 16,176 42.6%
32 Havre De Grace, MD 14,625 42.6%
33 Bel Air, MD 10,663 42.6%
34 Ocean City, MD 6,869 39.6%
35 Hagerstown, MD 43,015 38.4%
36 Westminster, MD 19,783 36.3%
37 Taneytown, MD 7,183 36.3%
38 Hampstead, MD 6,273 36.3%
39 Manchester, MD 5,350 36.3%
40 Elkton, MD 15,724 35.4%
41 Cumberland, MD 19,028 29.9%
42 Frostburg, MD 7,282 29.9%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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