The city of Redland, MD is located in Montgomery County and is a bustling suburban community. As part of the county, the politics of Redland are largely reflective of the county’s values and opinions. Montgomery County has had a long history of strong Democratic representation across many levels, with many local political candidates that have served their community for decades. With this strong support from residents, it is no surprise that Redland also remains predominantly blue with consistent representation from Democratic candidates in local elections. This has also led to an active civic engagement among citizens who regularly participate in town hall meetings and elections to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to decisions affecting their city.
The political climate in Redland, 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
Redland, 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.
Redland, 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 Redland, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,070 contributions totaling $1,439,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,454 contributions totaling $295,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)