The 20815 zip code is located in Chevy Chase, Maryland. This affluent suburban area is known for its active political atmosphere, where local residents have a keen interest in the issues facing their community. Local elections for various positions are hotly contested, and voting is consistently high. However, due to the fact that population data cannot be included, it is difficult to determine which political party has a majority of voters in the area. Nevertheless, citizens of 20815 Chevy Chase can rest assured that their voices will be heard on election day regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 20815 (Chevy Chase, 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 20815 (Chevy Chase, MD) is strongly liberal.
Chevy Chase, 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.
Chevy Chase, 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 20815 (Chevy Chase)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,271 contributions totaling $25,840,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $584 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,139 contributions totaling $1,750,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $818 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)