Piney Point, MD is a small town that is home to many families and businesses. It is also an area known for its politics, with several local political issues being debated and discussed in the community. Residents here are passionate about politics and take part in voting on important issues such as taxes, education, and budgeting. There are numerous candidates running for various offices in the town every election season, and locals pay close attention to the platforms of these candidates before making their choices. In addition to the local elections, residents also take part in larger state-wide elections to elect representatives at that level. Piney Point is an important stop for all political parties during election season as they seek to win votes from the local citizens.
The political climate in Piney Point, MD is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary's County, MD is somewhat conservative. In St. Mary's County, MD 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary's county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 41.6%.
St. Mary's county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piney Point, MD is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary's County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
California-Lexington Park Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Piney Point, Maryland: R R R R R R
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Piney Point, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $11,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $5,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)