Barnesville, MD is a small town in Montgomery County with a population of about 5,000 people. Although it is not the most populated place in the area, Barnesville still has a vibrant political life. The local politics are led by the local government that consists of an elected mayor, four councilmembers and an appointed Town Manager. The leaders of Barnesville work together to ensure that the community thrives and all its residents’ needs are met. Each year, local citizens elect a new mayor and council members who represent their interests in city hall. In addition to the town's elected officials, there are many civic organizations such as the Barnesville Civic Association and various churches who organize around different issues that impact their community from infrastructure improvements to public safety.
The political climate in Barnesville, 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
Barnesville, 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.
Barnesville, 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 Barnesville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 268 contributions totaling $58,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)