Brisbane, CA is a vibrant and vibrant community located in San Mateo County. The City of Brisbane, CA is governed by a five-member City Council that is elected directly by the citizens of the city. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are elected from within those five council members and serve two-year terms. The City Council adopts ordinances, resolutions, and policies to govern the affairs of the city. In addition to the local government, Brisbane is also served by a number of other political entities including state legislatures, representatives in Congress, and county agencies. Residents of Brisbane have access to many services such as police protection, public health care, education opportunities, parks and recreational services. There are also numerous civic organizations dedicated to improving life in the city through volunteerism, advocacy work, and community events. The residents of Brisbane have an active role in shaping their political landscape as they continually weigh in on issues important to them through voting and participating in their local government.
The political climate in Brisbane, CA is moderately liberal.
San Mateo County, CA is very liberal. In San Mateo County, CA 77.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Mateo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.9% to 20.2%.
San Mateo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brisbane, CA is moderately liberal.
San Mateo County, California is very liberal.
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley Metro Area is very liberal.
California is strongly 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.
Brisbane, California: 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Brisbane, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 899 contributions totaling $86,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $15,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)