White Oak, MD is a small town with a population of just over 5,000 people. The town is represented in the Maryland General Assembly by Delegate Jimmy Tarlau and Senator Mary Washington. Both are committed to ensuring that White Oak residents have their voices heard in Annapolis. Recently, they have been working to secure more funding for the town's infrastructure and public services such as schools and transportation. They also work to protect the rights of citizens and ensure that they continue to receive fair representation from their elected officials. Each year, White Oak holds local elections in order for citizens to choose who will represent them in various positions within the government. Through this process, residents are able to make sure that their interests are being looked after and that their rights are being respected.
The political climate in White Oak, 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
White Oak, 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.
White Oak, 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 White Oak, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36,238 contributions totaling $3,199,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,658 contributions totaling $275,468 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)