The town of 20868 Burtonsville, MD is located in Montgomery County and is home to a thriving community with a lively political scene. Local politics are active and involved in the community as prominent politicians such as John Delaney, Chris Van Hollen, and Jamie Raskin represent the area at a national level. At a local level, the County Council plays an important role in decision making concerning education, public safety, and housing. Other important roles such as Mayor and City Council are conducted through local elections which attract a lot of political attention from both parties. Alongside this are small citizen groups that form committees to continue discussion of particular issues affecting local citizens. With all these factors combined, 20868 Burtonsville, MD has a strong political identity that serves its community well.
The political climate in Zip 20868 (Burtonsville, 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
Zip 20868 (Burtonsville, MD) is strongly liberal.
Burtonsville, Maryland 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.
Burtonsville, 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 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 20868 (Burtonsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $4,451 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)