Seat Pleasant, Maryland is a small town located in Prince George's County with a population of 4,542. The town has a rich history and takes pride in its strong sense of community. It is home to many local businesses, parks, and recreational activities making it a great place to live and work. Politically, the town is represented by members of both major political parties at the local level, including the mayor and city council members. Seat Pleasant is a part of Maryland's 5th congressional district and the majority of residents tend to lean Democratic in their voting habits. The town has consistently elected Democratic representatives to represent them both at the state and federal levels. Issues that are important to Seat Pleasant include education, infrastructure improvement, public safety, economic development and job growth for its citizens.
The political climate in Seat Pleasant, MD is strongly liberal.
Prince George's County, MD is very liberal. In Prince George's County, MD 89.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 8.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prince George's county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 89.3% to 8.7%.
Prince George's county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seat Pleasant, MD is strongly liberal.
Prince George's 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.
Seat Pleasant, 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 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 Seat Pleasant, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,255 contributions totaling $58,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $4,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)