Glen Echo, MD is a small town with a population of just over 4,500 residents located in Montgomery County. Despite its size, Glen Echo is an important part of the area’s political landscape. Residents here are highly engaged with local and national politics and take great pride in their civic duty. On election day, polling stations throughout the city are filled with energized citizens eager to cast their ballots on issues that will shape the future of their community. The local political candidates running for office in Glen Echo represent a wide variety of backgrounds and perspectives but all understand the importance of engaging citizens in the process and listening to their voices.
The political climate in Glen Echo, 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
Glen Echo, 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.
Glen Echo, 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 Glen Echo, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $79,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $37,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)