Pinesburg, MD is a small community located in western Maryland. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected to serve two year terms. The mayor and council members work together to ensure that the town's needs are met and that policies are put in place that benefit the townspeople. They also collaborate with other local governments and organizations to identify opportunities for economic growth. In addition, the Mayor and Council members strive to create an environment where citizens can live, work, and play in comfort and safety by working with civic organizations, local businesses, educational institutions, law enforcement agencies, religious organizations, and social service providers. Every year there is an election held for the mayor and council members which allows the citizens of Pinesburg to choose their representatives.
The political climate in Pinesburg, MD is moderately conservative.
Washington County, MD is moderately conservative. In Washington County, MD 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.3% to 38.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pinesburg, MD is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Maryland is moderately conservative.
Hagerstown-Martinsburg Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pinesburg, 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 Pinesburg, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 570 contributions totaling $63,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $36,182 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)