The politics of 15208 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are reflective of the state as a whole. The 15208 zip code is within Allegheny County and is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Representative Mike Doyle. At the state level, all residents in 15208 fall into the 26th district and are represented by State Senator Jay Costa and State Representative Dan Frankel. In addition to these elected officials, 15208 Pittsburgh also elects judges, county commissioners, county council members, school board members, as well as other city and local government positions. Politically speaking, Allegheny County generally leans Democratic and is home to a wide range of progressive policies and organizations that advocate for social justice issues such as income inequality, racial equity, climate change, education reform, healthcare reform and many more.
The political climate in Zip 15208 (Pittsburgh, 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 15208 (Pittsburgh, PA) is moderately liberal.
Pittsburgh, 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.
Pittsburgh, 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 15208 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,001 contributions totaling $499,085 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $56,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)