Pleasant Grove, MD is a small town located in Maryland, with a population of approximately 1,400 citizens. It has a strong sense of community and takes pride in its local politics. The town is home to the Pleasant Grove Town Council which is made up of five elected members who work together to ensure the town’s best interests are met and that all citizens are represented fairly. The Town Council meets monthly where they discuss local issues such as infrastructure improvements, taxation policies, and other local matters. In addition to this, the town also elects representatives for both the state and federal governments on an annual basis. These representatives are responsible for working with their constituents to ensure their voices are heard and that their concerns are addressed appropriately.
The political climate in Pleasant Grove, MD is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, MD is very conservative. In Allegany County, MD 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegany county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 29.9%.
Allegany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Grove, MD is strongly conservative.
Allegany County, Maryland is very conservative.
Cumberland Metro Area is very 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.
Pleasant Grove, 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 Pleasant Grove, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,805 contributions totaling $217,521 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 786 contributions totaling $143,031 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)