Wheaton, MD is a vibrant and diverse community located in Montgomery County. The city has a rich history of political activity where local citizens are actively engaged with the local government as well as state and national politics. In recent years, Wheaton has seen an increase in voter engagement due to its commitment to issues that are important to the city’s residents like affordable housing, public transit, and environmental sustainability. Many of these topics are discussed during the town hall meetings hosted by the local government which are open to all residents. Additionally, various local candidates have risen onto the political scene including those from both major parties who are eager to represent their constituents’ needs on a larger scale. All of this activity helps ensure that Wheaton is properly represented when it comes to making decisions at both a state and federal level.
The political climate in Wheaton, 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
Wheaton, 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.
Wheaton, 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 Wheaton, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49,301 contributions totaling $6,624,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,985 contributions totaling $848,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)