Pleasant Hill, Iowa is an active and thriving community located just outside of Des Moines. The city is known for its many parks and trails, as well as its vibrant downtown area. It also has an impressive political system, which is responsible for the efficient running of the city. The Pleasant Hill City Council consists of five representatives from each ward in the city, and these representatives are elected by their constituents. Elections are held every two years during the first week of November. Elections are open to all registered voters within Pleasant Hill, regardless of political affiliation. In addition to the City Council election, citizens can also vote in local referendums that decide important issues such as taxation or bond propositions. All votes are counted carefully and fairly by local election officials. Residents of Pleasant Hill have a strong sense of pride in their democratic system and take great care in participating in the electoral process.
The political climate in Pleasant Hill, IA is leaning liberal.
Polk County, IA is somewhat liberal. In Polk County, IA 56.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.5% to 41.3%.
Polk county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Hill, IA is leaning liberal.
Polk County, Iowa is somewhat liberal.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
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 Hill, Iowa: 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 Pleasant Hill, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,440 contributions totaling $160,728 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $43,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)