This means only 20 municipalities had at least one "Republican" in the top eight, most of them in the NE, SE, or western extremities of the county, and seven of those only had Michele Santicola among the "Republicans" in the top eight.

This expands considerably when viewing wards and municipalities where the five "Democratic" candidates and the three "Democratic/Republican" candidates finished in the top eight. It numbers 141 of 161 locations, with only Springdale Twp and Trafford appearing on the top five D map but not this one.

It's a different story for the candidates listed as "Democratic". 92 out of 161 wards and municipalities gave the five "Democratic" candidates the most votes, most prominently in almost all of Pittsburgh and the suburbs due east.

There were even fewer municipalities where the five candidates listed as "Republican" and the three listed as "Democratic/Republican" were in the top eight: Forward, Frazer, and South Versailles. Every other ward and municipality had at least one listed "Democrat" in the top eight.

The dominant showing by the Democrats can be seen by showing those areas where the top five candidates were those listed as "Republican". This numbered six: Fawn, Forward, Frazer, Lincoln, South Versailles, and West Elizabeth, clustered in the far NE or far SE of the county.

This map shows which wards and municipalities had the three "Democratic/Republican" candidates as the three with the most votes. There are only five (out of 161): Bell Acres, Collier, Edgeworth, Franklin Park, and Kilbuck.

That amounted to 15% or so of the vote. But as a part of the Pennsylvania electoral reforms that ushered in mail-in voting in 2020, straight-ticket voting was eliminated. Now every candidate needs to be chosen individually.

And this year, there was a tendency to not chose those listed as "DR".

Historically, being listed as a nominee for both parties helped assure victory, especially when straight-ticket voting was allowed. A voter could simply choose "All Democrats" or "All Republican" and candidates listed with both parties would get BOTH sets of straight ticket votes.

One theme of the recent election was that, other than Democratic dominance, candidates who cross-filed with both major parties tended to be hurt in the results, exemplified by the Court of Common Pleas results where the three candidates listed with both parties finished behind all Democrats.

Amanda Green-Hawkins dominated in most areas except the far SE and far north, Matt Rudzki received solid support from areas around Fox Chapel (though he did not win Fox Chapel itself), Michele Santicola won areas that still have a strong Republican presence, and Mt. Lebanon loves Dan Miller.

Finally, 1224 precincts out of 1327 (92.2%) had all eight "Democratic" candidates in the top eight, while 14 precincts (1.1%) had all eight "Republican" candidates in the top eight.

In sum, outside of the SE corner of the county and portions of the NE corner, Allegheny County is quite Democratic.

Of the remaining six precincts of those 802, only Dan Miller was not in the top eight.

Eight of the 12 precincts where the "Republican" candidates were in the top eight had the "Democratic/Republican" candidates in the next three spots.

797 of the 803 precincts where the "Democratic" candidates were in the top eight had the "Democratic/Republican" candidates in the next three spots.

Of those 56 precincts where the three candidates listed as "Democratic/Republican" finished 1-2-3, 48 had the five candidates listed as "Democratic" in spots 4-8. Of the other eight, seven had one of the candidates listed as "Republican" in spots 4-8 (Santicola), and one had two (Santicola, Neft)

PA election law stipulates that election districts ideally contain between 100 and 1,200 registered voters. McKeesport Ward 1 has 13 and North Fayette District 5 has 3,269.

www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis...

Poll workers for McKeesport Ward 1 had to process exactly one voter during the entire 13-hour period, while poll workers for North Fayette District 5 had to process just over one voter for every minute of those 13 hours.

And then there are individual precincts. Poll workers had to process this number of voters during the 13 hours polls were open:

North Fayette 0-5 - 786
Robinson 0-9 - 670
Ohio 0-3 - 650
Hampton 0-11 - 632
Collier 0-1 - 626

Polling locations with the most:

Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church - 1,577
Fort Couch Middle School (Upper St. Clair) - 1,506
Foster Elementary School (Mt. Lebanon) - 1,418
Montour High School (Robinson) - 1,399
Howe Elementary School (Mt. Lebanon) - 1,361