Election Results for Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	49,474	10.4
Deaths:	69,976	14.8
Net Migration:	-6,924	-1.5
Net Immigration:	4,676	1.0

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +75,090	D +27,656	D + 2.7%
D +102,746
2020 vs. 2012	R +115,684	R +16,464	R + 1.0%
D +99,220
2020 vs. 2008	R +113,165	R +62,329	R + 5.0%
D +50,836

2016 vs. 2008	R +38,075	R +89,985	R + 7.7%
D -51,910
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	71%	Donald Trump* (R)	683,150	50.4%	Joe Biden (D)	652,595	48.1%	19,906 [+]	1.5%	1,355,651	4	0.85%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 15,595 (1.2%);
2016	64%	Donald Trump (R)	608,060	50.2%	Hillary Clinton (D)	549,849	45.4%	53,513 [+]	4.4%	1,211,422	4	0.88%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 29,734 (2.5%); Jill Stein (Grn) 8,250 (0.7%); Evan McMullin (I) 49 (0.0%);
2012	60%	Mitt Romney (R)	567,466	49.9%	Barack Obama* (D)	553,375	48.7%	16,398 [+]	1.4%	1,137,239	3	0.88%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 9,751 (0.9%);
2008	63%	Barack Obama (D)	601,759	50.6%	John McCain (R)	569,985	47.9%	17,258 [+]	1.5%	1,189,002	2	0.90%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 8,336 (0.7%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 3,830 (0.3%);
2004	62%	John Kerry (D)	608,292	51.8%	George W. Bush* (R)	558,530	47.6%	7,292 [+]	0.6%	1,174,114	-3	0.96%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 0 (0.0%);
2000	55%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	549,957	52.6%	George W. Bush (R)	465,579	44.5%	29,545 [+]	2.8%	1,045,081	-3	0.99%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 18,638 (1.8%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 4,862 (0.5%);
1996	51%	Bill Clinton* (D)	488,175	50.5%	Robert Dole (R)	377,059	39.0%	101,636 [+]	10.5%	966,870	-2	1.00%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 90,795 (9.4%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 3,075 (0.3%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	56%	Bill Clinton (D)	550,716	51.1%	George Bush* (R)	319,286	29.6%	208,664 [+]	19.3%	1,078,666	-8	1.03%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 203,884 (18.9%);
1988	52%	Michael Dukakis (D)	592,709	59.0%	George Bush (R)	403,225	40.1%	9,228 [+]	0.9%	1,005,162	-13	1.10%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,572 (0.2%);
1984	58%	Walter Mondale (D)	632,516	55.8%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	489,602	43.2%	10,665	0.9%	1,132,783	-16	1.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	53%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	515,733	49.0%	Ronald Reagan (R)	459,046	43.6%	77,737 [+]	7.4%	1,052,516	-7	1.22%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 58,611 (5.6%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 7,894 (0.8%);
1976	57%	Jimmy Carter (D)	568,016	52.6%	Gerald Ford* (R)	488,484	45.2%	24,384 [+]	2.3%	1,080,884	-3	1.33%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 13,357 (1.2%);
1972	57%	Richard Nixon* (R)	607,556	55.9%	George McGovern (D)	455,829	41.9%	23,427 [+]	2.2%	1,086,812	-5	1.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 20,278 (1.9%);
1968	66%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	607,616	52.2%	Richard Nixon (R)	427,954	36.7%	129,176 [+]	11.1%	1,164,746	-7	1.59%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 123,581 (10.6%);
1964	67%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	799,832	67.8%	Barry Goldwater (R)	374,606	31.8%	4,522	0.4%	1,178,960	-7	1.67%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	70%	John Kennedy (D)	689,171	55.9%	Richard Nixon (R)	540,290	43.9%	2,395	0.2%	1,231,856	-6	1.79%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	63%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	603,397	52.8%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	537,685	47.0%	1,790	0.2%	1,142,872	-5	1.84%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	67%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	617,311	52.4%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	555,434	47.2%	4,824	0.4%	1,177,569	-8	1.91%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	56%	Harry Truman* (D)	515,849	55.3%	Thomas Dewey (R)	393,727	42.2%	23,849 [+]	2.6%	933,425	-3	1.91%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 17,809 (1.9%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	59%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	548,185	56.9%	Thomas Dewey (R)	410,532	42.6%	4,653	0.5%	963,370	-3	2.01%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	63%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	584,910	58.1%	Wendell Willkie (R)	417,160	41.4%	4,352	0.4%	1,006,422	-3	2.02%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	65%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	610,504	64.6%	Alf Landon (R)	308,822	32.7%	25,170 [+]	2.7%	944,496	-4	2.07%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 19,499 (2.1%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 2,593 (0.3%);
1932	44%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	329,623	53.1%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	262,280	42.3%	28,668 [+]	4.6%	620,571	3	1.56%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 23,886 (3.8%);
1928	48%	Herbert Hoover (R)	391,632	60.4%	Al Smith (D)	250,507	38.7%	5,969 [+]	0.9%	648,108	2	1.76%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 3,335 (0.5%);
1924	35%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	266,270	59.1%	Robert LaFollette (Prog)	115,409	25.6%	68,692 [+]	15.3%	450,371	5	1.55%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: John Davis (D) 57,381 (12.7%);
1920	29%	Warren Harding (R)	235,838	65.8%	James Cox (D)	87,170	24.3%	35,524 [+]	9.9%	358,532	5	1.34%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 23,559 (6.6%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 9,488 (2.6%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 2,037 (0.6%);
1916	21%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	131,317	52.5%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	98,764	39.5%	20,204 [+]	8.1%	250,285	6	1.35%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 13,742 (5.5%); James Hanly (Proh) 6,322 (2.5%);
1912	21%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	84,003	37.0%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	63,691	28.0%	79,493 [+]	35.0%	227,187	-4	1.51%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 42,522 (18.7%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 31,529 (13.9%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 5,190 (2.3%);
1908	23%	William Taft (R)	130,653	57.6%	William J. Bryan (D)	74,104	32.7%	21,962 [+]	9.7%	226,719	6	1.52%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 11,204 (4.9%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 10,237 (4.5%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 117 (0.1%);
1904	25%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	150,365	70.8%	Alton Parker (D)	49,025	23.1%	13,122 [+]	6.2%	212,512	14	1.57%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 7,172 (3.4%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 5,135 (2.4%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 0 (0.0%);
1900	27%	William McKinley* (R)	127,344	64.0%	William J. Bryan (D)	64,330	32.3%	7,228 [+]	3.6%	198,902	12	1.42%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 4,922 (2.5%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 763 (0.4%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

652,595

48.1%

Donald Trump* (R)

683,150

50.4%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

15,595

1.2%

Other

4,311

0.3%

TOTAL

1,355,651

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 4

2016 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

549,849

45.4%

Donald Trump (R)

608,060

50.2%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

29,734

2.5%

Jill Stein (Grn)

8,250

0.7%

Evan McMullin (I)

0.0%

Other

15,480

1.3%

TOTAL

1,211,422

Turnout: 64%	Diff (US): 4

2012 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

553,375

48.7%

Mitt Romney (R)

567,466

49.9%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

9,751

0.9%

Other

6,647

0.6%

TOTAL

1,137,239

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 3

2008 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

601,759

50.6%

John McCain (R)

569,985

47.9%

Ralph Nader (I)

8,336

0.7%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

3,830

0.3%

Other

5,092

0.4%

TOTAL

1,189,002

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): 2

2004 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

558,530

47.6%

John Kerry (D)

608,292

51.8%

Other

7,292

0.6%

TOTAL

1,174,114

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -3

2000 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

465,579

44.5%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

549,957

52.6%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

18,638

1.8%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

4,862

0.5%

Other

6,045

0.6%

TOTAL

1,045,081

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -3

1996 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

488,175

50.5%

Robert Dole (R)

377,059

39.0%

Ross Perot (Ref)

90,795

9.4%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

3,075

0.3%

Other

7,766

0.8%

TOTAL

966,870

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): -2

1992 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

550,716

51.1%

George Bush* (R)

319,286

29.6%

Ross Perot (I)

203,884

18.9%

Other

4,780

0.4%

TOTAL

1,078,666

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -8

1988 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

403,225

40.1%

Michael Dukakis (D)

592,709

59.0%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

1,572

0.2%

Other

7,656

0.8%

TOTAL

1,005,162

Turnout: 52%	Diff (US): -13

1984 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

489,602

43.2%

Walter Mondale (D)

632,516

55.8%

Other

10,665

0.9%

TOTAL

1,132,783

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -16

1980 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

459,046

43.6%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

515,733

49.0%

John Anderson (I)

58,611

5.6%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

7,894

0.8%

Other

11,232

1.1%

TOTAL

1,052,516

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): -7

1976 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

568,016

52.6%

Gerald Ford* (R)

488,484

45.2%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

13,357

1.2%

Other

11,027

1.0%

TOTAL

1,080,884

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -3

1972 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

607,556

55.9%

George McGovern (D)

455,829

41.9%

John Schmitz (Amer)

20,278

1.9%

Other

3,149

0.3%

TOTAL

1,086,812

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -5

1968 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

427,954

36.7%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

607,616

52.2%

George Wallace (AIP)

123,581

10.6%

Other

5,595

0.5%

TOTAL

1,164,746

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -7

1964 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

799,832

67.8%

Barry Goldwater (R)

374,606

31.8%

Other

4,522

0.4%

TOTAL

1,178,960

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -7

1960 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

689,171

55.9%

Richard Nixon (R)

540,290

43.9%

Other

2,395

0.2%

TOTAL

1,231,856

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): -6

1956 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

603,397

52.8%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

537,685

47.0%

Other

1,790

0.2%

TOTAL

1,142,872

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -5

1952 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

555,434

47.2%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

617,311

52.4%

Other

4,824

0.4%

TOTAL

1,177,569

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -8

1948 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

515,849

55.3%

Thomas Dewey (R)

393,727

42.2%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

17,809

1.9%

Other

6,040

0.6%

TOTAL

933,425

Turnout: 56%	Diff (US): -3

1944 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

548,185

56.9%

Thomas Dewey (R)

410,532

42.6%

Other

4,653

0.5%

TOTAL

963,370

Turnout: 59%	Diff (US): -3

1940 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

584,910

58.1%

Wendell Willkie (R)

417,160

41.4%

Other

4,352

0.4%

TOTAL

1,006,422

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -3

1936 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

610,504

64.6%

Alf Landon (R)

308,822

32.7%

William Lemke (Union)

19,499

2.1%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

2,593

0.3%

Other

3,078

0.3%

TOTAL

944,496

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): -4

1932 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

329,623

53.1%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

262,280

42.3%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

23,886

3.8%

Other

4,782

0.8%

TOTAL

620,571

Turnout: 44%	Diff (US): 3

1928 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

391,632

60.4%

Al Smith (D)

250,507

38.7%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

3,335

0.5%

Other

2,634

0.4%

TOTAL

648,108

Turnout: 48%	Diff (US): 2

1924 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

266,270

59.1%

John Davis (D)

57,381

12.7%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

115,409

25.6%

Other

11,311

2.5%

TOTAL

450,371

Turnout: 35%	Diff (US): 5

1920 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

235,838

65.8%

James Cox (D)

87,170

24.3%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

23,559

6.6%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

2,037

0.6%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

9,488

2.6%

Other

440

0.1%

TOTAL

358,532

Turnout: 29%	Diff (US): 5

1916 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

98,764

39.5%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

131,317

52.5%

Allan Benson (Soc)

13,742

5.5%

James Hanly (Proh)

6,322

2.5%

Other

140

0.1%

TOTAL

250,285

Turnout: 21%	Diff (US): 6

1912 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

63,691

28.0%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

84,003

37.0%

William Taft* (R)

42,522

18.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

31,529

13.9%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

5,190

2.3%

Other

252

0.1%

TOTAL

227,187

Turnout: 21%	Diff (US): -4

1908 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

130,653

57.6%

William J. Bryan (D)

74,104

32.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

11,204

4.9%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

10,237

4.5%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

117

0.1%

Other

404

0.2%

TOTAL

226,719

Turnout: 23%	Diff (US): 6

1904 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

150,365

70.8%

Alton Parker (D)

49,025

23.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

5,135

2.4%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

7,172

3.4%

Other

815

0.4%

TOTAL

212,512

Turnout: 25%	Diff (US): 14

1900 President, Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

127,344

64.0%

William J. Bryan (D)

64,330

32.3%

John Woolley (Proh)

4,922

2.5%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

763

0.4%

Other

1,543

0.8%

TOTAL

198,902

Turnout: 27%	Diff (US): 12

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	1,979,753	84.27%	3.5%
Black:	198,984	8.47%	2.3%
Indian:	2,783	0.12%	12.6%
Asian:	67,701	2.88%	63.2%
2+ races:	49,694	2.12%	46.6%
Hispanic:	50,257	2.14%	67.7%

Total non-White:	369,419	15.73%	21.1%

Change in White population:	-71,410	-3.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	64,297	2.7

Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

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