Homestead, PA is a city located in the south-western part of Pennsylvania. It is a small community that has a rich history, with plenty of cultural attractions and landmarks to explore. The politics in Homestead, PA are driven by local community leaders and organizations who strive to make the city a better place for its residents. These local political groups have formed coalitions and initiatives to create positive change for the people living in Homestead. They have worked hard to ensure that issues like affordable housing, job creation, and economic development remain on the agenda for the city's elected officials. Local candidates often come from these grassroots organizations and stand for progressive ideas that focus on making Homestead a great place to live for all citizens.
The political climate in Homestead, PA is strongly 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
Homestead, PA is strongly 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.
Homestead, 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 Homestead, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $34,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $12,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)