Allison Park, PA is a small borough in Allegheny County with a population of around 8,000. The local political arena is largely focused on municipal issues such as the upkeep of roads and public safety. Locally elected officials include the mayor, council members, and other positions that are responsible for working with the community to ensure that their needs and interests are addressed. Residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in local elections where they can voice their opinions about various issues that affect them. Over the years, Allison Park has seen an increase in voter turnout due to its diverse population and active civic engagement. Through its various initiatives, Allison Park aims to create a better future for its residents by strengthening its economy and providing better services for all its citizens.
The political climate in Allison Park, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Allison Park, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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.
Allison Park, Pennsylvania: 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 Allison Park, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,768 contributions totaling $1,478,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,798 contributions totaling $1,656,877 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)