The politics of 15229 Pittsburgh, PA are governed by the City Council of the City of Pittsburgh, which is the highest governing body in the city. The city council consists of nine members who are elected by the citizens to serve four-year terms. These members are responsible for deciding on legislation and other matters concerning the city. The current mayor of Pittsburgh is Bill Peduto, who was most recently re-elected in 2017. He advocates for economic development and initiatives that will benefit all citizens within the city. Additionally, many local political candidates run campaigns in order to represent their neighborhoods in government and work to improve their communities through policy change.
The political climate in Zip 15229 (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 15229 (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 15229 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 428 contributions totaling $34,077 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $17,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)