Travilah, MD is a small suburban community located in Montgomery County, just outside of Washington D.C. The local politics in Travilah are largely based around issues that affect the community directly, such as public safety, transportation, and development. The most important issue for many residents is the quality of education offered by the Montgomery County Public Schools system. Local leaders work hard to ensure that Travilah's schools are well funded and remain high-quality learning centers for students. Additionally, local politicians strive for an efficient and reliable public transportation system to connect Travilah to other parts of the county and D.C., as well as efforts to attract new businesses to the area and maintain existing ones. In addition to these big-picture issues, local politicians also focus on smaller issues such as maintaining clean parks and preserving green spaces throughout the community. By tackling these issues thoughtfully and working together with its citizens, Travilah plans to remain a vibrant part of Montgomery County for years to come.
The political climate in Travilah, 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
Travilah, 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.
Travilah, 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 Travilah, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94,704 contributions totaling $84,887,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $896 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,289 contributions totaling $21,723,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,768 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)