The 15204 area of Pittsburgh, PA is a vibrant and diverse community that is deeply entrenched in the history of the city. Politically, the 15204 area has elected local representatives from both major political parties over the years, including current City Council member Erika Strassburger and State Representative Dan Frankel from the Democratic Party. The diversity of political views in this area is reflected in the close races for congressional seats won by candidates from both major parties in recent elections. Residents here enjoy having a wide variety of options when it comes to electing their representatives and working to ensure their voices are heard on issues such as public transportation, education, healthcare, economic development and more. With strong community engagement and active involvement from residents across political lines, the 15204 area remains an important pillar of Pittsburgh's politics.
The political climate in Zip 15204 (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 15204 (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 15204 (Pittsburgh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $5,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)