Montgomery County, located in Maryland, is a vibrant and diverse region with a strong sense of political engagement. The county is home to many local politicians who strive to make the community better for all residents. Montgomery County has been an active participant in the national and local political discourse, hosting debates, events, and even voter registration drives throughout the year. In recent years, issues like education, health care reform, immigration policy, and tax reform have been hotly debated throughout the county. Local politicians have had a hand in each of these topics as well as others that affect Montgomery County residents on a daily basis. Residents of Montgomery County are encouraged to stay informed on political developments by attending local meetings or even running for office themselves if they wish to get involved in their community's politics.
The political climate in 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
Montgomery County, MD 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.
Montgomery, 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 Montgomery County, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291,772 contributions totaling $110,518,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22,710 contributions totaling $16,330,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $719 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)