The politics in 15219 Pittsburgh, PA are heavily influenced by the City of Pittsburgh, which is part of Allegheny County. The city is represented by two Democrats, Mayor Bill Peduto and City Council President Theresa Kail-Smith. In addition to the local representation, other important political figures include Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and United States Senators Bob Casey and Pat Toomey. The city also has a vibrant local political scene with many organizations and groups that focus on issues ranging from public safety to economic development. Each year, residents of the community take part in local elections that decide who will represent them in both the city and state governments. Additionally, local advocacy groups work to ensure that all voices within 15219 can be heard in the decision-making process when it comes to creating policies for their community.
The political climate in Zip 15219 (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 15219 (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 15219 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 598 contributions totaling $377,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $631 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $246,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)