Pleasant Hills, MD is a small town located in the heart of Maryland. As such, it is subject to the same political process as other counties and cities across the state. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected every four years. They are responsible for passing local ordinances and laws, setting tax rates, and responding to the needs of residents. Local elections take place during the spring and feature candidates from both major political parties as well as independent candidates. Issues that affect Pleasant Hills include funding for public services like education, transportation, road maintenance, healthcare access, public safety, and economic development. Through their elected representatives in local government, citizens can voice their concerns about important issues like these and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Pleasant Hills, MD is somewhat conservative.
Harford County, MD is somewhat conservative. In Harford County, MD 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harford county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 42.6%.
Harford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Hills, MD is somewhat conservative.
Harford County, Maryland is somewhat conservative.
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pleasant Hills, 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 Hills, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,369 contributions totaling $217,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,331 contributions totaling $283,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)