The 20910 Silver Spring, MD area is home to a diverse and vibrant population. It is an important political region of Maryland, with many local politicians vying for the support of their constituents. The county council of Montgomery County, which includes Silver Spring, has seven elected members who are responsible for representing the interests of citizens in the area. In addition to the county council, there are also state representatives and senators who represent parts of Silver Spring in Annapolis. At the federal level, the area is represented by one Congressman and two Senators in Washington D.C. In recent years, several high-profile issues have been debated among these politicians such as budget deficits, education reform, transportation infrastructure projects and healthcare reform. All this makes it clear that politics play a big part in life in 20910 Silver Spring, MD and its residents take their civic duties seriously by showing up to vote during elections and participating in local events like town hall meetings or debates held by candidates running for office.
The political climate in Zip 20910 (Silver Spring, MD) is very 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 20910 (Silver Spring, MD) is very liberal.
Silver Spring, Maryland is very 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.
Silver Spring, 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 20910 (Silver Spring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,107 contributions totaling $2,834,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 622 contributions totaling $203,579 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)