The city of Gaithersburg, MD 20879 is located in Montgomery County. As the fourth most populous county in Maryland, Montgomery County has a diverse political landscape. The local politics are heavily influenced by the Democratic Party, with nearly two-thirds of registered voters preferring that party. In Gaithersburg, local elections tend to be competitive and involve a number of qualified candidates from different political backgrounds. Each election cycle brings new issues to light and gives local citizens the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate. Despite the majority preference for Democratic candidates, elections are always fair and transparent. Political diversity is valued and encouraged in Gaithersburg as it creates an open dialogue about important issues facing the community such as education, crime prevention, infrastructure improvements and economic development. Residents of Gaithersburg have the chance to express their opinion at every level of government through voting and participating in community forums.
The political climate in Zip 20879 (Gaithersburg, 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 20879 (Gaithersburg, MD) is strongly liberal.
Gaithersburg, 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.
Gaithersburg, 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 20879 (Gaithersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,043 contributions totaling $154,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $19,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)