North Bethesda, MD is a small suburban area located in Montgomery County, just outside of Washington D.C. It is home to many young professionals and families who value the close proximity to the nation's capital. Local politics in North Bethesda are largely driven by the Montgomery County Council, which is made up of nine members representing each district in the county. These representatives work together to pass legislation that affects the entire county, with special attention given to issues that impact North Bethesda specifically. In addition to this County Council, various local boards and commissions focus on topics such as land use planning and transportation infrastructure development. Each year local residents have the opportunity to elect new representatives that will represent their interests on these boards and commissions. This helps ensure that North Bethesda remains an attractive place for people to live, work, and play.
The political climate in North Bethesda, 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
North Bethesda, 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.
North Bethesda, 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 North Bethesda, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122,314 contributions totaling $65,420,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,838 contributions totaling $7,714,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $784 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)