Wilmerding, PA is a small borough located just east of Pittsburgh. It is a tight knit community that often comes together to discuss the politics of their town. Wilmerding residents are passionate about making sure their voices are heard in local politics and strive to stay informed on all matters affecting them. Local political candidates such as mayor, council members, police chief, and school board president are chosen based on who best represents the wishes of the people. Residents take pride in being able to come together and make decisions that will shape the future of their beloved borough.
The political climate in Wilmerding, PA is moderately 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
Wilmerding, PA is moderately 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.
Wilmerding, 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 Wilmerding, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $55 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $18,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $834 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)