The politics of 15238 Pittsburgh, PA are generally in line with the larger trends of the state and nation. The area is represented politically by a member of the Democratic Party in the United States House of Representatives. At the state level, 15238 Pittsburgh, PA is represented by members from both major political parties in the Pennsylvania State Senate and Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Additionally, 15238 Pittsburgh falls within Allegheny County which has an Executive and Council form of government with elected representatives from both major political parties holding seats on the Council. In terms of local elections, registered voters living within 15238 Pittsburgh can vote for their local officials such as Mayor and City Council members who are also elected from both major political parties.
The political climate in Zip 15238 (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 15238 (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 15238 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,426 contributions totaling $1,536,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $633 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,094 contributions totaling $1,982,796 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,812 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)