| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 429,916 | 283,595 | 723,799 | |
| 2020 | D | 429,065 | 282,324 | 719,733 | |
| 2016 | D | 367,617 | 259,480 | 657,189 | |
| 2012 | D | 352,687 | 262,039 | 623,827 | |
| 2008 | D | 373,153 | 272,347 | 651,436 | |
| 2004 | D | 368,912 | 271,925 | 645,469 | |
| 2000 | D | 329,963 | 235,361 | 582,478 | |
| 1996 | D | 284,480 | 204,067 | 538,615 | |
| 1992 | D | 324,004 | 183,035 | 614,187 | |
| 1988 | D | 348,814 | 231,137 | 586,151 | |
| 1984 | D | 372,576 | 284,692 | 665,748 | |
| 1980 | D | 297,464 | 271,850 | 621,418 | |
| 1976 | D | 328,343 | 303,127 | 647,857 | |
| 1972 | R | 282,496 | 371,737 | 668,535 | |
| 1968 | D | 364,906 | 264,790 | 713,817 | |
| 1964 | D | 475,207 | 241,707 | 719,725 | |
| 1960 | D | 428,455 | 320,970 | 750,718 | |
| 1956 | R | 315,989 | 384,939 | 702,030 | |
| 1952 | D | 370,945 | 359,224 | 733,072 | |
| 1948 | D | 326,303 | 253,272 | 594,506 | |
| 1944 | D | 350,690 | 261,218 | 614,301 | |
| 1940 | D | 367,926 | 263,285 | 634,198 | |
| 1936 | D | 366,593 | 176,224 | 562,194 | |
| 1932 | D | 189,839 | 152,326 | 359,003 | |
| 1928 | R | 160,733 | 215,626 | 379,209 | |
| 1924 | R | 21,984 | 149,296 | 253,013 | |
| 1920 | R | 40,278 | 138,908 | 200,716 | |
| 1916 | R | 52,833 | 77,483 | 140,264 | |
| 1912 | D | 31,417 | 23,822 | 126,386 | |
| 1908 | R | 35,655 | 74,080 | 121,905 | |
| 1904 | R | 21,541 | 90,594 | 118,405 | |
| 1900 | R | 27,311 | 71,780 | 102,624 | |
| 1896 | R | 29,809 | 76,691 | 108,174 | |
| 1892 | R | 30,867 | 45,788 | 78,504 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania's second-most-populous, delivered a 20-point Democratic margin in 2024, making it one of the state's most decisive counterweights to rural Republican strongholds in statewide contests.
The Democratic margin in Allegheny County has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-four points in 1936; the 2024 margin was twenty points, still in line with the county's long pattern.
Allegheny County's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,548, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — District of Columbia and Jackson County.
