Brentwood, California is a city located in Contra Costa County. It is a predominantly residential community with a population of nearly 51,000 people. The local politics in Brentwood are managed by a five-member City Council which is composed of the mayor and four councilmembers. The Mayor is elected at-large while the councilmembers are elected by district within the city limits. The City Council sets the vision for the city, creates policies, adopts ordinances, approves budgets, and appoints members to boards and commissions. In addition to managing the day-to-day operations of Brentwood, City Council also focuses on long term planning initiatives that will shape the future of Brentwood. Through its various departments such as public works, planning & zoning, parks & recreation and police, Brentwood strives to create an environment where all residents can pursue their goals and live meaningful lives.
The political climate in Brentwood, CA is somewhat liberal.
Contra Costa County, CA is very liberal. In Contra Costa County, CA 71.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Contra Costa county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.6% to 26.3%.
Contra Costa county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brentwood, CA is somewhat liberal.
Contra Costa 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.
Brentwood, 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 Brentwood, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,039 contributions totaling $130,808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 602 contributions totaling $75,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)