East McKeesport, PA is a small borough located in Allegheny County. Although it has a relatively small population of a little over 4,000 people, the politics of East McKeesport remain important to its residents. The citizens of East McKeesport are served by an elected mayor and council who are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the borough. The current mayor is Michael Price and the four members of the council include Jack Anderson, Adam Brown, Ryan Hall, and William Miller. These elected officials are committed to ensuring that all residents have access to quality services such as police protection, fire safety, public works services, and parks and recreation. In addition to local government officials, there are also several volunteer boards and commissions that help to address specific issues in the community such as environmental concerns or transportation needs. All of these entities work together to improve life for every resident in East McKeesport.
The political climate in East McKeesport, PA is somewhat 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
East McKeesport, PA is somewhat 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.
East McKeesport, 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 East McKeesport, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $13,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $5,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)