Takoma Park, MD is a small city located in Montgomery County, Maryland. It is known for its progressive values and vibrant political culture. The city's government is led by a seven-member City Council, with an elected mayor serving as the chief executive of the city. The City Council is responsible for enacting local laws and ordinances, levying taxes, providing public services, appointing members to various boards and commissions, and deciding on the annual budget. Takoma Park also elects a five-member Board of Education that oversees the public school system in the city. The City holds municipal elections every four years to choose representatives for each of these bodies. In addition to these elected officials, Takoma Park has strong engagement from citizens on issues such as environmental sustainability, racial and social justice, affordable housing, fiscal responsibility and economic development. Through organizations like the Takoma Park Environmental Action Committee (TPEAC), residents hold their elected officials accountable to ensure that they are taking action on these important issues.
The political climate in Takoma Park, 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
Takoma Park, 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.
Takoma Park, 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 Takoma Park, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,647 contributions totaling $5,170,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,232 contributions totaling $296,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)