The city of Olney, MD is located in the 20832 zip code area. It is a charming suburban community with a population of approximately 36,000 people. Olney is part of Montgomery County, which is governed by an elected county government. As such, the citizens of Olney hold elections for local representatives who represent their interests in the county government. On the state level, the town is represented by a senator and several delegates in both houses of the Maryland General Assembly. On the national level, it is represented by one representative in Congress. Beyond that, there are also elected positions like mayor and commissioner on the city-level as well as various other appointed positions within local government offices such as parks & recreation and emergency services. All these individuals work together to ensure that Olney remains a safe and pleasant place for its citizens to live and raise families.
The political climate in Zip 20832 (Olney, 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 20832 (Olney, MD) is moderately liberal.
Olney, 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.
Olney, 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 20832 (Olney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,500 contributions totaling $376,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $58,429 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)