The politics in 15232 Pittsburgh, PA are heavily influenced by the local state and federal representatives. In this area, the Congressperson is Mike Doyle of the 18th district and the Pennsylvania State Senator is Jay Costa, Jr. of the 43rd district. Local government is led by Mayor Bill Peduto and City Council President Bruce Kraus. The responsibility of local politics falls on these leaders to ensure initiatives that benefit quality of life for residents in 15232 are taken into consideration when making decisions. Pittsburgh has seen many positive changes over the years under their leadership from updating infrastructure to creating more jobs through economic development programs. They have also implemented various programs that aim to reduce crime and improve public safety.
The political climate in Zip 15232 (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 15232 (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 15232 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,184 contributions totaling $910,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 394 contributions totaling $286,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $728 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)