Sewickley Heights, PA is a small town located in Allegheny County. Although it has a small population, the politics of this town are just as important as any other city or town in the United States. The local government in Sewickley Heights consists of a mayor and borough council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The council meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters affecting the town's residents such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and other issues. Local elections are held every two years and citizens of Sewickley Heights have an opportunity to cast their ballots for candidates running for mayor, borough council, or other local offices. There is also an active political scene outside of official government roles with many civic organizations dedicated to improving the lives of those living in the area.
The political climate in Sewickley Heights, 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
Sewickley Heights, 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.
Sewickley Heights, 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 Sewickley Heights, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,420 contributions totaling $1,088,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,640 contributions totaling $1,645,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,003 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)