The politics of 15220 Pittsburgh, PA are heavily influenced by the Democratic party, which holds a majority of local and state offices. In general, the city is known for its progressive attitudes and support for social justice initiatives. Local issues tend to focus on public transit, education reform, and economic development. The city of Pittsburgh is served by its own mayor as well as four City Council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. These council members represent each of the four neighborhoods: Squirrel Hill, Greenfield, Hazelwood, and East Liberty. Each neighborhood has their own unique political issues that they must contend with when it comes to making policy decisions at the local level. In addition to these local leaders, 15220 residents also have representatives in the state legislature as well as Congress. All of these leaders strive to make sure that the needs of residents in 15220 Pittsburgh are met both now and in the future.
The political climate in Zip 15220 (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 15220 (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 15220 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 551 contributions totaling $53,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $38,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)