Clarksburg is a small city located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The town is situated close to both Washington D.C. and Baltimore, making it a desirable place to live for many seeking an urban lifestyle while still partaking of the rural qualities of the area. In terms of politics, Clarksburg is served by numerous elected officials at the local, state and federal levels. At the local level, residents are represented on the Montgomery County Council by Nancy Navarro who works to ensure that issues specific to Clarksburg have their chance to be heard and addressed. On the state level, residents are represented by Senator Craig Zucker who works hard to fight for legislative items that will benefit Clarksburg's citizens across multiple fronts. Finally, residents are also represented in Congress by Representative Jamie Raskin who strives to make sure that policy passes in Washington D.C., which have positive implications for those living in the town.
The political climate in Zip 20871 (Clarksburg, 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
Zip 20871 (Clarksburg, MD) is moderately liberal.
Clarksburg, Maryland 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.
Clarksburg, 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 20871 (Clarksburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 940 contributions totaling $100,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $40,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)