Laytonsville, MD is a small town located in Montgomery County. It is a rural area without any major industry or city services. Despite its small size, Laytonsville has a vibrant political landscape that contains a wide range of different views and opinions. From local farmer's markets to county-wide ballot initiatives, residents of Laytonsville are actively engaged in their local politics. There are several groups and organizations within the town dedicated to furthering various political agendas, such as environmental protection or social justice. Additionally, many candidates running for office at state and federal levels also actively campaign in Laytonsville due to its importance as a swing district in the state of Maryland. This is an area where people have strong opinions on both sides of the aisle, which makes it an exciting place to engage in conversations about current events and policy debates.
The political climate in Laytonsville, MD is somewhat 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
Laytonsville, MD is somewhat 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.
Laytonsville, 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 Laytonsville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,702 contributions totaling $147,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $45,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)