Bellevue, Pennsylvania is a small borough in Allegheny County located just outside of Pittsburgh. In Bellevue, the local government consists of elected officials such as the Mayor, City Council, and Tax Collector. The current mayor is Thomas E. Fodi who was first elected to office in 2018. Bellevue City Council is composed of seven members who serve two year terms and are responsible for providing legislative oversight within the city. The Borough of Bellevue also has an active community which is reflected in its involvement with local politics. Residents regularly engage in debates about local issues such as taxation, infrastructure, and public safety. These conversations often lead to actionable outcomes including new ordinances or decisions that impact the whole borough. It's clear that politics in Bellevue are important to the residents and their commitment to creating a better future for their community is evident.
The political climate in Bellevue, PA is moderately 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
Bellevue, PA is moderately 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.
Bellevue, 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 Bellevue, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 840 contributions totaling $137,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $47,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)