Swissvale, PA is a small borough located in Allegheny County that has a population of approximately 8,000 residents. The borough is governed by six council members and the mayor who are all elected by the people of Swissvale. Each council member serves on various committees such as finance, public safety, economic development and more to ensure the needs of the community are being addressed. The major responsibility of the mayor is to oversee operations and ensure everything runs smoothly with the help of his or her team. Local issues affecting Swissvale include crime rates, job opportunities for its citizens and improving infrastructure in the borough. In recent years, several initiatives have been passed to address these issues including police training programs, a grant program for local businesses and increased investment in infrastructure projects. It is evident that Swissvale takes politics seriously when it comes to making decisions that will positively affect its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 15218 (Swissvale, 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 15218 (Swissvale, PA) is moderately liberal.
Swissvale, 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.
Swissvale, 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 15218 (Swissvale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,119 contributions totaling $201,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $7,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)