The politics of 20896 Garrett Park, MD are focused mainly on local issues that affect the community. Issues such as taxation, education, infrastructure, public safety and transportation are the major topics discussed among local politicians. The majority of candidates for office in 20896 Garrett Park focus their campaigns on these important issues and work to address them during their tenure. Many of the residents take an active role in political participation and engage with their local leaders to ensure they have a voice in how their community is run. Through voting initiatives, political rallies, and discussions with local representatives, the people of 20896 Garrett Park make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to decisions that will affect them.
The political climate in Zip 20896 (Garrett Park, 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 20896 (Garrett Park, MD) is strongly liberal.
Garrett Park, 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.
Garrett Park, 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 20896 (Garrett Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,129 contributions totaling $173,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $22,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $522 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)