Chevy Chase Village, MD is an affluent community located in Montgomery County. It is home to many prominent political figures and families. The village operates under a mayor-council government with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer of the village. The Mayor is elected every four years by the citizens of Chevy Chase Village and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of local government, including appointing village officials and implementing policies that benefit all residents. The Village Council, which consists of eight members who are elected to four-year terms, serves as the legislative branch of the government. They are responsible for approving projects and budgets for the Village. Various initiatives have been implemented by both the Mayor and Council to ensure quality services are provided to all residents of Chevy Chase Village.
The political climate in Chevy Chase Village, 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
Chevy Chase Village, 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.
Chevy Chase Village, 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 Chevy Chase Village, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,271 contributions totaling $25,840,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $584 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,139 contributions totaling $1,750,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $818 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)