Hillandale, MD is a vibrant town located in Montgomery County with an active local political scene. The town’s residents and business owners are passionate about their community, taking pride in its beauty and progress. With major initiatives underway to improve the area’s infrastructure and economy, local politicians have stepped up to lead the charge in bettering Hillandale’s future. Local representatives are focused on creating jobs for residents, increasing access to quality education, improving public safety, protecting the environment, and supporting small businesses. Every election season sees a handful of candidates vying for office who bring different ideas but share a common goal – making Hillandale an even better place to live.
The political climate in Hillandale, 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
Hillandale, 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.
Hillandale, 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 Hillandale, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,148 contributions totaling $1,268,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 882 contributions totaling $136,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)