Election Results for Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	59,036	10.4
Deaths:	84,058	14.8
Net Migration:	-6,518	-1.1
Net Immigration:	5,778	1.0

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +94,191	D +20,832	D + 2.6%
D +115,023
2020 vs. 2012	R +153,752	R +52,908	R + 2.7%
D +100,844
2020 vs. 2008	R +155,163	R +117,725	R + 7.7%
D +37,438

2016 vs. 2008	R +60,972	R +138,557	R + 10.3%
D -77,585
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	69%	Donald Trump* (R)	832,439	52.6%	Joe Biden (D)	725,835	45.9%	23,592 [+]	1.5%	1,581,866	6	1.00%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 18,572 (1.2%);
2016	62%	Donald Trump (R)	738,248	52.2%	Hillary Clinton (D)	610,812	43.2%	64,581 [+]	4.6%	1,413,641	6	1.03%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 35,742 (2.5%); Jill Stein (Grn) 10,137 (0.7%); Evan McMullin (I) 86 (0.0%);
2012	58%	Mitt Romney (R)	678,687	51.3%	Barack Obama* (D)	624,991	47.2%	20,522 [+]	1.5%	1,324,200	4	1.02%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 11,862 (0.9%);
2008	61%	Barack Obama (D)	688,397	49.6%	John McCain (R)	677,276	48.8%	21,157 [+]	1.5%	1,386,830	3	1.05%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 10,326 (0.7%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 4,420 (0.3%);
2004	61%	John Kerry (D)	692,813	50.5%	George W. Bush* (R)	670,224	48.9%	8,467 [+]	0.6%	1,371,504	-2	1.12%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 337 (0.0%);
2000	54%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	625,081	51.4%	George W. Bush (R)	556,853	45.8%	34,975 [+]	2.9%	1,216,909	-2	1.15%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 22,510 (1.8%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 5,813 (0.5%);
1996	50%	Bill Clinton* (D)	564,543	49.9%	Robert Dole (R)	443,085	39.2%	123,553 [+]	10.9%	1,131,181	-2	1.17%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 111,689 (9.9%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 3,648 (0.3%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	55%	Bill Clinton (D)	630,813	50.2%	George Bush* (R)	381,890	30.4%	244,740 [+]	19.5%	1,257,443	-7	1.20%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 239,543 (19.1%);
1988	51%	Michael Dukakis (D)	676,460	57.8%	George Bush (R)	484,129	41.4%	10,206 [+]	0.9%	1,170,795	-12	1.28%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,792 (0.2%);
1984	57%	Walter Mondale (D)	716,689	54.5%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	587,880	44.7%	11,271	0.9%	1,315,840	-14	1.42%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	52%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	591,259	48.3%	Ronald Reagan (R)	543,233	44.4%	88,780 [+]	7.3%	1,223,272	-6	1.41%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 67,993 (5.6%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 9,244 (0.8%);
1976	57%	Jimmy Carter (D)	656,117	52.3%	Gerald Ford* (R)	572,060	45.6%	26,527 [+]	2.1%	1,254,704	-2	1.54%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 14,715 (1.2%);
1972	56%	Richard Nixon* (R)	712,663	56.8%	George McGovern (D)	516,347	41.1%	25,863 [+]	2.1%	1,254,873	-4	1.61%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 22,403 (1.8%);
1968	66%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	682,426	51.3%	Richard Nixon (R)	506,802	38.1%	141,497 [+]	10.6%	1,330,725	-5	1.82%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 135,695 (10.2%);
1964	67%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	908,590	67.3%	Barry Goldwater (R)	437,234	32.4%	4,804	0.4%	1,350,628	-6	1.91%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	70%	John Kennedy (D)	770,378	54.4%	Richard Nixon (R)	642,675	45.4%	2,667	0.2%	1,415,720	-4	2.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	63%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	710,833	53.9%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	606,300	46.0%	1,892	0.1%	1,319,025	-4	2.13%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	66%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	692,126	51.1%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	656,397	48.5%	5,598	0.4%	1,354,121	-7	2.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	55%	Harry Truman* (D)	575,428	53.9%	Thomas Dewey (R)	467,150	43.7%	25,667 [+]	2.4%	1,068,245	-1	2.19%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 18,727 (1.8%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	59%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	610,520	55.0%	Thomas Dewey (R)	494,505	44.5%	5,708	0.5%	1,110,733	-1	2.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	63%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	660,804	56.2%	Wendell Willkie (R)	510,335	43.4%	4,737	0.4%	1,175,876	-1	2.36%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	67%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	700,977	62.4%	Alf Landon (R)	395,500	35.2%	27,419 [+]	2.4%	1,123,896	-1	2.46%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 20,367 (1.8%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 2,944 (0.3%);
1932	45%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	387,758	51.7%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	330,014	44.0%	32,965 [+]	4.4%	750,737	4	1.89%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 26,641 (3.5%);
1928	49%	Herbert Hoover (R)	487,118	62.5%	Al Smith (D)	285,298	36.6%	7,133 [+]	0.9%	779,549	4	2.12%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 3,847 (0.5%);
1924	37%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	330,009	59.6%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	128,115	23.1%	95,466 [+]	17.2%	553,590	6	1.90%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 81,658 (14.8%);
1920	31%	Warren Harding (R)	287,788	65.3%	James Cox (D)	110,625	25.1%	42,567 [+]	9.7%	440,980	5	1.65%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 25,747 (5.8%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 14,026 (3.2%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 2,288 (0.5%);
1916	22%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	159,560	52.0%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	121,680	39.6%	25,651 [+]	8.4%	306,891	6	1.66%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 16,099 (5.2%); James Hanly (Proh) 9,379 (3.1%);
1912	22%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	103,034	36.5%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	81,293	28.8%	98,256 [+]	34.8%	282,583	-4	1.88%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 53,668 (19.0%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 36,571 (12.9%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 7,743 (2.7%);
1908	25%	William Taft (R)	162,873	57.1%	William J. Bryan (D)	93,469	32.8%	28,927 [+]	10.1%	285,269	5	1.92%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 14,587 (5.1%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 13,154 (4.6%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 147 (0.1%);
1904	26%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	186,691	69.1%	Alton Parker (D)	64,084	23.7%	19,447 [+]	7.2%	270,222	13	2.00%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 11,341 (4.2%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 6,931 (2.6%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 0 (0.0%);
1900	28%	William McKinley* (R)	161,080	62.7%	William J. Bryan (D)	84,908	33.1%	10,834 [+]	4.2%	256,822	11	1.84%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 7,936 (3.1%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,116 (0.4%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

725,835

45.9%

Donald Trump* (R)

832,439

52.6%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

18,572

1.2%

Other

5,020

0.3%

TOTAL

1,581,866

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 6

2016 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

610,812

43.2%

Donald Trump (R)

738,248

52.2%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

35,742

2.5%

Jill Stein (Grn)

10,137

0.7%

Evan McMullin (I)

0.0%

Other

18,616

1.3%

TOTAL

1,413,641

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 6

2012 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

624,991

47.2%

Mitt Romney (R)

678,687

51.3%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

11,862

0.9%

Other

8,660

0.7%

TOTAL

1,324,200

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 4

2008 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

688,397

49.6%

John McCain (R)

677,276

48.8%

Ralph Nader (I)

10,326

0.7%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

4,420

0.3%

Other

6,411

0.5%

TOTAL

1,386,830

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 3

2004 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

670,224

48.9%

John Kerry (D)

692,813

50.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

337

0.0%

Other

8,130

0.6%

TOTAL

1,371,504

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): -2

2000 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

556,853

45.8%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

625,081

51.4%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

22,510

1.8%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

5,813

0.5%

Other

6,652

0.5%

TOTAL

1,216,909

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): -2

1996 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

564,543

49.9%

Robert Dole (R)

443,085

39.2%

Ross Perot (Ref)

111,689

9.9%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

3,648

0.3%

Other

8,216

0.7%

TOTAL

1,131,181

Turnout: 50%	Diff (US): -2

1992 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

630,813

50.2%

George Bush* (R)

381,890

30.4%

Ross Perot (I)

239,543

19.1%

Other

5,197

0.4%

TOTAL

1,257,443

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -7

1988 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

484,129

41.4%

Michael Dukakis (D)

676,460

57.8%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

1,792

0.2%

Other

8,414

0.7%

TOTAL

1,170,795

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): -12

1984 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

587,880

44.7%

Walter Mondale (D)

716,689

54.5%

Other

11,271

0.9%

TOTAL

1,315,840

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -14

1980 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

543,233

44.4%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

591,259

48.3%

John Anderson (I)

67,993

5.6%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

9,244

0.8%

Other

11,543

0.9%

TOTAL

1,223,272

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): -6

1976 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

656,117

52.3%

Gerald Ford* (R)

572,060

45.6%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

14,715

1.2%

Other

11,812

0.9%

TOTAL

1,254,704

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -2

1972 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

712,663

56.8%

George McGovern (D)

516,347

41.1%

John Schmitz (Amer)

22,403

1.8%

Other

3,460

0.3%

TOTAL

1,254,873

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -4

1968 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

506,802

38.1%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

682,426

51.3%

George Wallace (AIP)

135,695

10.2%

Other

5,802

0.4%

TOTAL

1,330,725

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -5

1964 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

908,590

67.3%

Barry Goldwater (R)

437,234

32.4%

Other

4,804

0.4%

TOTAL

1,350,628

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -6

1960 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

770,378

54.4%

Richard Nixon (R)

642,675

45.4%

Other

2,667

0.2%

TOTAL

1,415,720

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): -4

1956 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

710,833

53.9%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

606,300

46.0%

Other

1,892

0.1%

TOTAL

1,319,025

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -4

1952 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

656,397

48.5%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

692,126

51.1%

Other

5,598

0.4%

TOTAL

1,354,121

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -7

1948 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

575,428

53.9%

Thomas Dewey (R)

467,150

43.7%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

18,727

1.8%

Other

6,940

0.6%

TOTAL

1,068,245

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -1

1944 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

610,520

55.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

494,505

44.5%

Other

5,708

0.5%

TOTAL

1,110,733

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -1

1940 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

660,804

56.2%

Wendell Willkie (R)

510,335

43.4%

Other

4,737

0.4%

TOTAL

1,175,876

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -1

1936 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

700,977

62.4%

Alf Landon (R)

395,500

35.2%

William Lemke (Union)

20,367

1.8%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

2,944

0.3%

Other

4,108

0.4%

TOTAL

1,123,896

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -1

1932 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

387,758

51.7%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

330,014

44.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

26,641

3.5%

Other

6,324

0.8%

TOTAL

750,737

Turnout: 45%	Diff (US): 4

1928 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

487,118

62.5%

Al Smith (D)

285,298

36.6%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

3,847

0.5%

Other

3,286

0.4%

TOTAL

779,549

Turnout: 49%	Diff (US): 4

1924 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

330,009

59.6%

John Davis (D)

81,658

14.8%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

128,115

23.1%

Other

13,808

2.5%

TOTAL

553,590

Turnout: 37%	Diff (US): 6

1920 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

287,788

65.3%

James Cox (D)

110,625

25.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

25,747

5.8%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

2,288

0.5%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

14,026

3.2%

Other

506

0.1%

TOTAL

440,980

Turnout: 31%	Diff (US): 5

1916 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

121,680

39.6%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

159,560

52.0%

Allan Benson (Soc)

16,099

5.2%

James Hanly (Proh)

9,379

3.1%

Other

173

0.1%

TOTAL

306,891

Turnout: 22%	Diff (US): 6

1912 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

81,293

28.8%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

103,034

36.5%

William Taft* (R)

53,668

19.0%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

36,571

12.9%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

7,743

2.7%

Other

274

0.1%

TOTAL

282,583

Turnout: 22%	Diff (US): -4

1908 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

162,873

57.1%

William J. Bryan (D)

93,469

32.8%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

13,154

4.6%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

14,587

5.1%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

147

0.1%

Other

1,039

0.4%

TOTAL

285,269

Turnout: 25%	Diff (US): 5

1904 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

186,691

69.1%

Alton Parker (D)

64,084

23.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

6,931

2.6%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

11,341

4.2%

Other

1,175

0.4%

TOTAL

270,222

Turnout: 26%	Diff (US): 13

1900 President, Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

161,080

62.7%

William J. Bryan (D)

84,908

33.1%

John Woolley (Proh)

7,936

3.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,116

0.4%

Other

1,782

0.7%

TOTAL

256,822

Turnout: 28%	Diff (US): 11

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	2,408,038	85.54%	3.8%
Black:	213,098	7.57%	2.4%
Indian:	3,536	0.13%	15.8%
Asian:	73,844	2.62%	59.6%
2+ races:	57,534	2.04%	46.5%
Hispanic:	58,960	2.09%	65.6%

Total non-White:	406,972	14.46%	21.3%

Change in White population:	-94,029	-3.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	71,586	2.5

Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Pittsburgh, PA-MD-WV Market Area