South Kensington, MD is a small town located in Montgomery County. It's a close-knit community with a population of around 4,000 people that is strongly connected to its local government and politics. The town elects local political representatives who can be approached directly at weekly town meetings about the issues and concerns of residents. The town’s representatives are highly involved in the day-to-day operations of South Kensington, from improving city infrastructure to helping to foster an environment that encourages economic growth. Additionally, South Kensington relies on numerous state and federal politicians to ensure that the interests of the town are represented within larger Maryland and US government bodies. These politicians work hard to provide necessary resources for the citizens of South Kensington while ensuring that their needs are met in order to ensure a healthy future for the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 20895 (South Kensington, 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 20895 (South Kensington, MD) is strongly liberal.
South Kensington, 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.
South Kensington, 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 20895 (South Kensington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,584 contributions totaling $1,595,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 439 contributions totaling $170,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)