The small town of Bridgeville, PA (zip code 15017) is located in Allegheny County and is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The politics in Bridgeville are largely influenced by the greater Pittsburgh region due to its proximity. However, local government is run by a Borough Council with five members who are elected by residents of the town. Currently, the mayor of Bridgeville is Kahloo Farjami and the Borough Council consists of four Republicans and one Democrat. As such, the political landscape of Bridgeville largely reflects that of larger cities in Pennsylvania. Recently, local elections have seen heated debates on issues like taxes, infrastructure development, and protecting local services. Generally speaking, voters in Bridgeville support policies that benefit their community while still being mindful about spending taxpayer money wisely.
The political climate in Zip 15017 (Bridgeville, 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
Zip 15017 (Bridgeville, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania 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.
Bridgeville, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 15017 (Bridgeville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 444 contributions totaling $32,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $128,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $673 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)