Apache Junction, Arizona is a city located in Maricopa and Pinal counties and has a population of about 39,843 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and five council members elected at large to serve four year terms. Currently, Mayor Jeff Serdy holds office along with Councilmembers Chris Raine, Birgitta Aronson, Robert Schroeder, Jan Blair and Joél Felix. Apache Junction prides itself on creating a positive experience for its residents and visitors alike through an engaged citizenry and proactive involvement in local affairs. Issues such as community development, public safety, economic development and quality of life are championed by the elected officials that work together to make Apache Junction a great place to live.
The political climate in Apache Junction, AZ is somewhat conservative.
Pinal County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Pinal County, AZ 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pinal county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.5%.
Pinal county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Apache Junction, AZ is somewhat conservative.
Pinal County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Apache Junction, 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 Apache Junction, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,223 contributions totaling $215,217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,071 contributions totaling $136,529 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)