Pikesville, MD is a small suburban community located in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a long history of political involvement and civic engagement. Residents of Pikesville are passionate about their local government and take part in various activities to ensure the town moves forward in a positive direction. Local elections are important to the citizens of Pikesville as they use it as an opportunity to have their voices heard and shape the future of their community. Citizens come out to vote for city council members, school board members, and mayor each election cycle. These elected officials then work together to create laws, policies, and initiatives that help improve the quality of life in Pikesville. Community meetings provide residents with an opportunity to discuss their concerns with elected representatives face-to-face, while larger public forums allow citizens to talk about issues that affect them on a more regional level. Through these conversations, people are able to make sure that their ideas are taken into consideration when decisions are made by politicians.
The political climate in Pikesville, MD is somewhat liberal.
Baltimore County, MD is strongly liberal. In Baltimore County, MD 62.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.3% to 35.2%.
Baltimore county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pikesville, MD is somewhat liberal.
Baltimore County, Maryland is strongly liberal.
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.
Pikesville, 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 Pikesville, MD
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,905 contributions totaling $6,185,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,230 contributions totaling $1,852,803 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)