Penn Hills, PA is a borough located in Allegheny County. The local political scene is fairly active with the Democratic Party controlling the majority of elected positions, including three members on the seven-member Borough Council and one of two Magisterial District Judges. In addition to these elected offices, there are numerous committees and commissions dedicated to various aspects of managing Penn Hills including zoning and planning, public safety, parks and recreation, and finance. The town also maintains a mayor and an appointed manager who oversees the day-to-day operations of the borough. Recently, there has been much discussion about how best to manage growth in the area while preserving its natural beauty. Residents of Penn Hills are passionate about their community and actively engage in local politics to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Penn Hills, 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
Penn Hills, 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.
Penn Hills, 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 Penn Hills, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,076 contributions totaling $869,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 931 contributions totaling $171,870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)