Bethesda, Maryland is a prosperous and vibrant community located in Montgomery County. It is home to many businesses, educational institutions, and cultural attractions. The city also has a thriving political scene with several elected leaders in local, state, and federal offices representing the interests of its residents. The city is part of the 8th Congressional District of Maryland and is represented by Congressman Jamie Raskin. In addition, there are several members of the Montgomery County Council who are responsible for making decisions that affect all county residents. At the state level, Bethesda is represented by Senator Brian Feldman and Delegate Marc Korman, both Democrats. Additionally, politics at the local level are overseen by the Mayor and City Council who work to ensure residents' needs are met. With a diverse range of elected officials from both parties, Bethesda's political landscape offers an opportunity for dialogue and progress on important issues affecting our community.
The political climate in Bethesda, 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
Bethesda, 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.
Bethesda, 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 Bethesda, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123,424 contributions totaling $64,866,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,445 contributions totaling $6,188,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $733 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)