Brighton, AL is a small town located in Jefferson County, Alabama. Despite its size, Brighton has a thriving political scene that involves both local residents and elected officials. Local elections are held every two years to determine the Town Council members who represent the citizens of Brighton. The current mayor is Sharon Stewart-Brown, who was first elected in 2012 and reelected in 2016. The town council consists of five members including the mayor. These individuals work together to make decisions about infrastructure and services such as roads, sewer systems, public safety and more. There are also a number of state representatives from various districts that cover Brighton, all representing different political parties and ideologies. The local schools are operated by the Jefferson County Board of Education which is also an important part of the political landscape in Brighton. In general, politics in Brighton are vibrant with a variety of candidates on both sides continually vying for elected office every two years.
The political climate in Brighton, AL is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brighton, AL is moderately liberal.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Alabama is strongly conservative.
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.
Brighton, Alabama: r r 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 Brighton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 195 contributions totaling $9,566 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)