Fort Washington, MD is a small community in Prince George's County with a population of 23,717 people according to the 2017 census. The local politics are governed by the Prince George's County Council which is represented by seven members who all serve for four-year terms. The current Council Members representing Fort Washington include Andrea Harrison and Benjamin Ficker. The Prince George's County Council meets regularly to discuss important issues that affect the people living in Fort Washington such as public safety, transportation, economic development, education and health services. Residents are encouraged to attend meetings and make their voices heard on issues that matter most to them. It is also important for citizens to be aware of local political candidates running for office and take part in the democratic process by voting during elections.
The political climate in Fort Washington, MD is moderately liberal.
Prince George's County, MD is very liberal. In Prince George's County, MD 89.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 8.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince George's county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 89.3% to 8.7%.
Prince George's county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Washington, MD is moderately liberal.
Prince George's County, Maryland is very liberal.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria Metro Area is very 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.
Fort Washington, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fort Washington, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,918 contributions totaling $596,596 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 560 contributions totaling $371,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $664 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)