Brookdale, California is a small town located near the metropolitan area of Los Angeles. It is home to many small businesses and has a vibrant community with several local organizations dedicated to improving the quality of life for its citizens. The politics in Brookdale is marked by an emphasis on civic engagement and a focus on making sure that all voices are heard. Local political candidates are often chosen through public forums or debates that allow citizens to discuss their issues and concerns with the potential leaders. There is also a strong presence of grassroots initiatives and citizen-led movements to ensure that the best interests of the people are maintained in decision making.
The political climate in Brookdale, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, CA is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, CA 78.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 78.4% to 18.5%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brookdale, CA is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, California is very liberal.
Santa Cruz-Watsonville 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.
Brookdale, 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 Brookdale, CA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,216 contributions totaling $243,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $17,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)