Gaithersburg, MD is the fourth largest city in Maryland and is part of Montgomery County. The city has a long and vibrant political history, with local elections for Mayor and Councilmembers held every two years. The current Mayor of Gaithersburg is Jud Ashman, who was first elected to office in 2017 and won reelection in 2019. He leads a six-member City Council composed of five district representatives and an at-large member. Each Councilmember serves for a four year term. Additionally, Gaithersburg is considered to be politically diverse, with registered Democratic Party voters constituting the majority but also active participation from members of the Republican Party as well. The political landscape in Gaithersburg reflects the state as a whole, with strong support for progressive policies that strive to increase equity and opportunity across all citizens regardless of gender, race or socio-economic status.
The political climate in Gaithersburg, MD is strongly 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
Gaithersburg, MD is strongly 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.
Gaithersburg, 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 Gaithersburg, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39,085 contributions totaling $4,617,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,336 contributions totaling $694,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)