The politics of 15211 Pittsburgh, PA are largely represented by the Democratic party. The Pennsylvania General Assembly has established the 15th State Senate district and the 27th State House district in the area, both of which are currently held by Democrats. At the federal level, 15211 is part of Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district which is also represented by a Democrat. All elected officials in 15211 work towards policies that promote economic growth and development, environmental protection, education initiatives, public safety, and improved infrastructure. Local political organizations such as labor unions, civil rights groups, and community organizations actively engage in advocacy efforts to ensure that important issues affecting their constituents are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 15211 (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 15211 (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 15211 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,513 contributions totaling $183,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $44,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)