In Prescott, AZ, the politics are overseen by the city council of Prescott which is composed of seven members who are elected at large. All registered voters have the opportunity to cast a vote in each election for all seven seats on the council. The mayor and city attorney are also elected from among the seven members. Each member serves a four-year term and elections occur every two years. The city council meets twice per month, usually on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, to discuss current issues and take action where necessary. Issues discussed by the council range from budgets to appointments as well as land use, zoning and other local matters that may come up throughout their term.
The political climate in Prescott, AZ is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, AZ is strongly conservative. In Yavapai County, AZ 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yavapai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.5%.
Yavapai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prescott, AZ is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Prescott Valley-Prescott Metro Area is 0.
Arizona 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.
Prescott, Arizona: R R R R R R
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 Prescott, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,641 contributions totaling $1,071,923 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,392 contributions totaling $658,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)