Kettering, MD is an unincorporated community located in Prince George's County. The area has been a part of Maryland since 1696 and is home to a diverse population. The politics of Kettering, MD are reflective of the larger state and national trends. Elected officials from the town represent a range of different backgrounds, ideologies, and perspectives. At the county level, voter turnout is usually high due to highly contested races for county executive and council seats. In addition to local elections, citizens can partake in presidential elections as well as the congressional midterms that take place every two years. All elections are conducted fairly and impartially using established state laws and procedures. Kettering residents have all their political needs met by local government representatives who work hard to ensure that their constituents have access to quality services while protecting their civil rights.
The political climate in Kettering, MD is strongly liberal.
Prince George's County, MD is very liberal. In Prince George's County, MD 89.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 8.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince George's county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 89.3% to 8.7%.
Prince George's county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kettering, MD is strongly liberal.
Prince George's 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.
Kettering, 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 Kettering, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,910 contributions totaling $726,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $35,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)