Pikesville, MD is a vibrant community in Baltimore County that has been around for more than 100 years. It is composed of an active and involved population that is proud to be part of the larger Baltimore metropolitan area. When it comes to politics, Pikesville residents have many options within their local government. Currently, the mayor of Pikesville is Yitzy Schleifer and members of the City Council include Isaac Wurman, Jack Stoloff, Susan Freedland, and Dorothy Atkinson. Each of these local leaders strive to make Pikesville a better place to live by working together to address issues such as public safety, economic development, and infrastructure. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved in local politics through campaigns for candidates running for office or attending city council meetings where they can voice their opinions on important topics. Through this engagement with local politics, Pikesville remains an engaged and thriving community in the Baltimore area.
The political climate in Zip 21153 (Pikesville, MD) is moderately 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
Zip 21153 (Pikesville, MD) is moderately liberal.
Pikesville, Maryland is moderately 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 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 21153 (Pikesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 342 contributions totaling $110,623 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $44,788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)