Brentwood, Pennsylvania is a borough located in Allegheny County. It is home to many diverse and vibrant communities and has an active local political scene. A wide variety of political parties are represented in the borough, from the Libertarian party to the Democratic party, ensuring that all voices are heard. The current mayor of Brentwood is William J. Markosek, who was elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019. Other prominent members of the local government include Council President Colleen J. Stankovich, Vice President Harry J. Goyette Jr., Secretary Michael Sacco and Treasurer Jane Ruddy. Local issues that politicians tackle range from improving public safety to increasing access to quality healthcare and education services for residents. Community involvement is highly encouraged as well, with several volunteer opportunities available for residents who want to help out their neighbors. All in all, Brentwood's politics provides an accessible platform for citizens to express their views and work towards positive change in their community.
The political climate in Zip 15227 (Brentwood, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15227 (Brentwood, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Brentwood, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning 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, Pennsylvania: 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 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 15227 (Brentwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 734 contributions totaling $40,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $47,782 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)