Burtonsville, MD is a small community located in Montgomery County. Politically, the area is represented by multiple parties in local government. Some of the major political groups that are active in Burtonsville include the Democratic Party and Republican Party. Currently, Democratic Senator Benjamin L. Cardin serves as the US senator representing Maryland. Additionally, Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin represents Burtonsville and its neighboring communities in Congress. On a local level, members of both parties have been elected to serve on the Montgomery County Council and Montgomery County Executive positions. Furthermore, many local government initiatives have been championed by party members from both sides of the aisle such as expanding access to education and healthcare services for low-income residents. Residents of Burtonsville are encouraged to participate in community discussions and town hall meetings hosted by their representatives so their voices can be heard when decisions are being made that will affect their lives.
The political climate in Burtonsville, MD is strongly 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
Burtonsville, MD is strongly 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.
Burtonsville, 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 Burtonsville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,302 contributions totaling $711,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 666 contributions totaling $101,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)