Olney, MD is a suburban community located in Montgomery County that has had a population growth rate of 4.7% over the last decade. It is represented in the state legislature by Senator Cheryl Kagan and Delegates Ben Kramer, Lesley Lopez, and David Moon. The county is governed by a five-member Board of County Councilors that includes Sidney Katz (District 3), Nancy Navarro (District 4), Craig Rice (District 2), Hans Riemer (At-Large), and Gabe Albornoz (At-Large). Olney also has many local political organizations and initiatives that actively work to engage citizens in their community. These include Citizens for Responsible Growth, an organization working to promote sensible development within the area; Olney Indivisible, which uses grassroots organizing efforts to advance progressive issues; and Friends & Neighbors of Olney, which sponsors public events focused on promoting civic engagement. With these organizations, citizens have the opportunity to get involved in local politics and effect positive change within their community.
The political climate in Olney, MD is moderately liberal.
Montgomery County, MD is very liberal. In Montgomery County, MD 78.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 19.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 78.6% to 19.0%.
Montgomery county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olney, MD is moderately liberal.
Montgomery 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.
Olney, 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 Olney, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,036 contributions totaling $2,163,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,904 contributions totaling $535,966 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)