Pittsburgh, PA 15209 is part of the city of Pittsburgh, a major metropolitan area in Western Pennsylvania. The politics in this area are dynamic and diverse; from its local municipal government to its nationally influential Congressional delegation. At the municipal level, Pittsburgh has an elected mayor and city council who are responsible for managing the city's day-to-day affairs. Pittsburgh has several representatives on the Allegheny County Board of Commissioners, which governs issues like public safety, transportation and economic development across the county. Additionally, 15209 is represented in Congress by a strong Democratic delegation including Mike Doyle (PA-14), Conor Lamb (PA-17) and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14). Overall, politics in 15209 Pittsburgh make up an important part of the fabric of this vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 15209 (Pittsburgh, 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 15209 (Pittsburgh, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Pittsburgh, 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.
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 15209 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $12,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $4,253 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)