The politics of 15132 McKeesport, PA are quite varied. This zip code area is part of Allegheny County and the city has long been a Democratic stronghold. The current mayor, Michael Cherepko, has held the post since 2008. He ran for re-election in 2019 and won with over 70% of the vote. In addition to the Mayor, there are nine City Council members who represent each district in McKeesport. Additionally, the county is represented by four state legislators from both parties in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and two senators from both parties in the Pennsylvania Senate. Locals often rally around causes that affect their communities such as education reform or economic development initiatives which can be seen through local political campaigns and events throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 15132 (McKeesport, 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
Zip 15132 (McKeesport, PA) is moderately liberal.
McKeesport, Pennsylvania 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.
McKeesport, 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 15132 (McKeesport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $7,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $2,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)