White Oak, Pennsylvania is a small borough located about 10 miles from the city of Pittsburgh. It is home to around 4,500 people and is governed by a seven-member Borough Council. The council consists of a mayor and six council members who are elected to four-year terms by the citizens of White Oak. The political landscape in White Oak is generally conservative, with the community tending to support candidates that represent traditional values and fiscal responsibility. Issues facing local residents include poverty, infrastructure improvements, and environmental concerns. The borough council works closely with local schools, businesses, government agencies, and non-profits to ensure the well-being of its citizens. They are dedicated to creating a prosperous future for everyone in the community through investments in education, economic development initiatives, job training programs, and much more.
The political climate in Zip 15131 (White Oak, 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 15131 (White Oak, PA) is somewhat liberal.
White Oak, 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.
White Oak, 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 15131 (White Oak)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 328 contributions totaling $52,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $16,132 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)