The politics in 15228 Pittsburgh, PA are an important part of the local community. The region is served by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 23 and the Pennsylvania Senate District 43. Both of these districts are represented by Democrats. The local representatives work hard to ensure that their constituents' needs and interests are met. Issues such as health care, education, jobs, and economic development have been among the most important topics discussed in the past several years. In addition to these representatives, there are many active community organizations that focus on different aspects of politics and government in this part of Pennsylvania. These organizations host events and meetings where citizens can get involved with their local government and help shape the future direction of policy in Pittsburgh.
The political climate in Zip 15228 (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 15228 (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 15228 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,138 contributions totaling $514,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 510 contributions totaling $260,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $511 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)