The small town of Potomac, MD is teeming with political activity. Located in the heart of Montgomery County, this upscale community is home to a wide variety of politicians from the local and state level. Locals can find representatives from both major parties, as well as candidates from different schools of thought within the Republican and Democratic parties. Political topics such as education reform, public health care access, and immigration policy are typically discussed at forums hosted by local groups and organizations or at town hall meetings led by elected officials. With such a tight-knit community and engaged citizenry, Potomac is an incredible place to get involved in politics on any level.
The political climate in Potomac, 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
Potomac, 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.
Potomac, 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 Potomac, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84,011 contributions totaling $78,885,530 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $939 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,122 contributions totaling $16,808,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,661 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)