Germantown, MD is a suburb of Washington, DC and is located in Montgomery County. The 20874 zip code has a diverse population with an estimated 40% of the people living within it being foreign born. The political dynamics in the 20874 zip code are largely influenced by both state and local issues. On the state level, citizens of Germantown have been vocal on issues such as gun control, education funding, healthcare reform, and immigration policies. Locally, there are several elected representatives who serve to represent Germantown in county-level government. These representatives typically focus on topics such as public safety, transportation infrastructure investment, economic development initiatives, and local zoning regulations. Germantown's residents often get involved in local elections and actively participate in town hall meetings to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 20874 (Germantown, 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
Zip 20874 (Germantown, MD) is strongly liberal.
Germantown, Maryland 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.
Germantown, 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 zip 20874 (Germantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,743 contributions totaling $442,626 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 569 contributions totaling $221,654 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)