South Kensington, MD is a small town located in Montgomery County with a population of just over 6,500 people. Despite its size, it has a vibrant political scene with many local politicians vying for the votes of the citizens. Candidates from both major parties have held elected offices in the area, including the position of mayor and city council members. There has been much debate and discussion about important issues such as education, economic growth, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. In recent years, South Kensington has seen an increasing number of new businesses and developments taking shape in the community thanks to the efforts of both local politicians and citizens working together to make progress. With so many different opinions and perspectives on how best to address these matters, South Kensington provides an interesting opportunity for political candidates to demonstrate their ability to compromise and collaborate on behalf of their constituents.
The political climate in South Kensington, 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
South Kensington, 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.
South Kensington, 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 South Kensington, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48,514 contributions totaling $12,461,139 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,406 contributions totaling $1,725,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $717 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)