Brea, California is a small city located in Orange County. It has a population of just over 40,000 people and is governed by a five-member City Council. The current Mayor of Brea is Steven Vargas, who was elected in 2018. Councilmembers are elected to four-year terms and serve as the legislative body of the city's government. The public is encouraged to attend council meetings held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at City Hall. Brea, CA takes pride in its local government transparency and responsiveness to citizen concerns. The city holds frequent town hall meetings where citizens can discuss issues with their local representatives and receive updates on important developments within the city. In addition to these meetings, residents are able to access information about their government online or by attending informational sessions put on regularly by staff from various departments within the city. Overall, Brea's political system strives to be open and accessible for all of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 92821 (Brea, CA) is leaning liberal.
Orange County, CA is somewhat liberal. In Orange County, CA 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orange county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.4%.
Orange county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 92821 (Brea, CA) is leaning liberal.
Brea, California is leaning liberal.
Orange County, California is somewhat liberal.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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.
Brea, California: R R r r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 92821 (Brea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,614 contributions totaling $260,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 371 contributions totaling $182,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $491 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)