Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania is an affluent suburb located just south of Pittsburgh. It is a politically active community that takes pride in its local government and the services it provides to its residents. The town has a three-member Board of Supervisors who oversee the budget, public services, and infrastructure for the community. At the county level, Upper St. Clair voters are part of Allegheny County and vote in county-wide elections for Sheriff, District Attorney, County Clerk of Courts, and other county offices. The township also elects state representatives to serve in the Pennsylvania State Legislature as well as US Representatives who serve in Congress on the Federal level. Upper St. Clair residents take great pride in their ability to participate actively in local politics and appreciate how their votes can make an impact on their community at all levels of government.
The political climate in Upper St. Clair, 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
Upper St. Clair, 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.
Upper St. Clair, 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 Upper St. Clair, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,229 contributions totaling $1,259,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,770 contributions totaling $836,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $473 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)