Pikesville, MD is located within Baltimore County and is home to a diverse population of over 30,000 residents. The area is represented politically by the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland State Senate, which have representatives from various districts in the county. In addition to this representation at the state level, Pikesville residents are also represented at the federal level through their congressperson. At the local level, Pikesville is served by an elected mayor and city council members who provide oversight on a range of issues including infrastructure development, zoning regulations, budget management, public safety and more. The city council also appoints commissioners to several important boards that help shape policy in Pikesville. Residents also have the opportunity to vote for members of boards such as Board of Education and other service organizations that provide services to Pikesville residents. This ensures that every resident has a voice in decisions made about their community and allows them to participate in government processes.
The political climate in Zip 21209 (Pikesville, MD) is strongly liberal.
Baltimore City County, MD is very liberal. In Baltimore City County, MD 87.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 10.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baltimore city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 87.3% to 10.7%.
Baltimore city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 21209 (Pikesville, MD) is strongly liberal.
Pikesville, Maryland is strongly liberal.
Baltimore City County, Maryland is very 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 21209 (Pikesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,105 contributions totaling $1,222,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 350 contributions totaling $129,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)