The politics in 20899 Gaithersburg, MD are bustling and an active part of the community. The area is represented at the state level by State Senator Craig Zucker, Delegate Bonnie Cullison and Delegate Jared Solomon, who are all Democrats. At the county level, Gaithersburg is represented by Council Members Andrew Friedson, Neil Greenberger and Sidney Katz. At the federal level, U.S. Representative David Trone represents Gaithersburg as a Democrat in Congress since 2019. Gaithersburg also has a mayor and city council members who serve to ensure that city policies are being followed. The Mayor and City Council work together to ensure that citizens of Gaithersburg have access to quality health care, infrastructure updates, educational programs and other necessary resources to enrich their lives. Additionally they have been working hard on ensuring the growth of the local economy through new development projects such as The Towne Centre Mall Expansion.
The political climate in Zip 20899 (Gaithersburg, 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 20899 (Gaithersburg, MD) is very liberal.
Gaithersburg, 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.
Gaithersburg, 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 20899 (Gaithersburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)