North Bethesda, MD is a dynamic community located in Montgomery County. It is home to a variety of businesses, services, and cultural attractions. Politically, the community has representation at both local and state levels. At the local level, North Bethesda is served by the Montgomery County Council as well as various members of the Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates. The county council works to ensure that services such as police protection, fire protection, education and preservation are provided to the citizens of North Bethesda. Additionally, elected officials from North Bethesda have influence over important issues regarding transportation infrastructure, economic development and public safety within their community. These representatives strive to make sure their constituents' voices are heard on a wide range of topics that affect their daily lives such as taxation policies and housing options. Furthermore, North Bethesda residents may participate in civic-minded activities like voting in elections or attending town hall meetings with their local representatives in order to stay informed about current events.
The political climate in Zip 20852 (North Bethesda, 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 20852 (North Bethesda, MD) is strongly liberal.
North Bethesda, 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.
North Bethesda, 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 20852 (North Bethesda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,686 contributions totaling $2,211,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,293 contributions totaling $682,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $528 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)