The city of 15241 Upper St. Clair, PA has a rich political history. The city is part of the 24th Congressional district, which has been represented in Congress since 2013 by Democrat Mike Doyle. At the state level, 15241 Upper St. Clair is also part of the 42nd district of the Pennsylvania State Senate and House of Representatives, both of which are currently held by Republican candidates. The mayor of 15241 Upper St. Clair is Mary Besser, who has been in office since 2016 and is a member of the Democratic Party. Local elections for city council and school board are held every four years, with the most recent election taking place in 2019. The city is also home to several political clubs and organizations that regularly organize events and discussions on current issues affecting the community.
The political climate in Zip 15241 (Upper St. Clair, 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 15241 (Upper St. Clair, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Upper St. Clair, 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.
Upper St. Clair, 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 15241 (Upper St. Clair)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,007 contributions totaling $346,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 916 contributions totaling $396,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $433 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)