The small community of 21714 Braddock Heights, MD is politically active and engaged. The town has an open town council meeting that allows citizens to come and voice their opinions and ideas on how to improve the community. Local politicians are also very involved in the area, providing support for issues important to the community, such as education funding, public safety, and local infrastructure. Every election year, a number of local candidates compete for local office, attempting to bring their unique skills and perspectives to government. It is through this engagement of citizens with their local politicians that Braddock Heights ensures that its values are represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 21714 (Braddock Heights, MD) is leaning liberal.
Frederick County, MD is somewhat liberal. In Frederick County, MD 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Frederick county flipped moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 43.7%.
Frederick county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21714 (Braddock Heights, MD) is leaning liberal.
Braddock Heights, Maryland is leaning liberal.
Frederick County, Maryland is somewhat 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.
Braddock Heights, Maryland: R R r r r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 21714 (Braddock Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $2,034 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)