McKeesport, PA is a small city in Allegheny County and the 15135 zip code encompasses some of the city's residential neighborhoods. Politics in McKeesport are mainly centered around local elections. The mayor of McKeesport is Michael Cherepko, who was elected in 2017. Other city officials include District Judge Linda Zucco, City Clerk Cindy Kosek, and Treasurer Janet Swain. The City Council is composed of seven members - Craig Davis (President), Danielle Eichenlaub (Vice President), Darryl Segina, Rebecca Smith-Simmons, Robert Palmosina, David Montanari Jr., and Treg Dewey - who are all popularly elected by residents of the city. In addition to these elected officials, there are many groups that work to promote civic engagement within McKeesport such as The McKeesport Preservation Society. This organization works to preserve the natural beauty and resources of the area as well as advocating for local causes.
The political climate in Zip 15135 (Mckeesport, 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 15135 (Mckeesport, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Mckeesport, 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.
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 15135 (Mckeesport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $19,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)