The politics in 20902 Wheaton, MD are influenced by the Montgomery County Council and the Federal Government. All of the elected county-level government officials, such as senators, representatives and local board of education members are elected to serve the citizens of Wheaton. At a national level, candidates running for president in 2020 have visited Wheaton in order to rally supporters and gain votes from Wheaton's citizens. The area is also closely following local news about potential changes to health care, taxes, education and social services that could be affected by governmental decisions at all levels. While the population figures for 20902 Wheaton do not necessarily reflect its political dynamics or culture, they provide an idea of how many people would be impacted by any political decision made in the area.
The political climate in Zip 20902 (Wheaton, 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 20902 (Wheaton, MD) is strongly liberal.
Wheaton, 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.
Wheaton, 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 20902 (Wheaton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,379 contributions totaling $878,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 735 contributions totaling $178,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)