Bloomington, MD is part of Montgomery County and is represented in the Maryland General Assembly by delegates Kumar Barve, Al Carr, and David Moon. The county also elects five representatives to the U.S. House of Representatives. The residents of Bloomington actively participate in local politics by engaging in issues such as crime prevention, education reform, environmental protection, economic development and public health initiatives. The town of Bloomington holds several local elections each year for its mayor, council members and other positions. Residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard in these elections by electing leaders who will best represent their interests. Additionally, several volunteer organizations work with the town government to address area-specific concerns and ensure that all residents have a voice in shaping policies that affect their community.
The political climate in Bloomington, MD is strongly conservative.
Garrett County, MD is very conservative. In Garrett County, MD 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garrett county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.0%.
Garrett county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bloomington, MD is strongly conservative.
Garrett County, Maryland is very conservative.
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.
Bloomington, Maryland: R R R R R R
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 Bloomington, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 469 contributions totaling $19,031 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $7,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)