Darnestown, MD is a small town located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The politics in Darnestown are mainly focused on local issues such as public safety, education, and infrastructure. The people of Darnestown take pride in their community and strive to ensure its growth and development. Elections for the town’s mayor and council members are held every four years and involve all eligible voters in the town. The citizens of Darnestown have a strong sense of civic responsibility and engage with their local representatives to ensure that the best decisions are made for their community. There are many local political candidates within the area that represent various ideologies from different parties vying for election every year, allowing citizens to get involved and voice their opinion.
The political climate in Darnestown, 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
Darnestown, 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.
Darnestown, 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 Darnestown, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34,567 contributions totaling $28,484,217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $824 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,422 contributions totaling $7,410,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,676 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)