The politics in the 15212 zip code in Pittsburgh, PA are heavily influenced by the local government and the decisions they make. This area is represented by four state representatives in Pennsylvania’s 36th Legislative District including Harry Readshaw, Austin Davis, Summer Lee, and Valerie Gaydos. All of these representatives have different views on certain issues, but work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. The city government is responsible for providing a variety of services such as public safety, transportation, health care and environmental protection for its residents. Additionally, local politicians also have influence over important national issues such as tax policy and immigration reform. As such, residents of this area can be sure that their voices are being heard when it comes to political decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 15212 (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 15212 (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 15212 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,832 contributions totaling $287,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $29,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $465 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)