Fountain Hills, Arizona is a small town located in Maricopa County. As of 2019, this town has an estimated population of 24,000 people. The town's government is composed mainly of elected officials who serve four year terms. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for setting policy for the city. In addition to this there are several committees and boards that are involved with the operations and decision-making within Fountain Hills. Local politics in Fountain Hills revolves around issues such as maintaining public safety, balancing budgets, growing economic development, protecting the environment, and providing services to citizens. Recently, the local government has been focusing on projects that support the growth of businesses in the area as well as projects that will improve public infrastructure like roads and parks. This focus has been key to keeping Fountain Hills an attractive place for people to live and work in.
The political climate in Fountain Hills, AZ is leaning conservative.
Maricopa County, AZ is leaning liberal. In Maricopa County, AZ 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maricopa county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.1% to 48.0%.
Maricopa county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fountain Hills, AZ is leaning conservative.
Maricopa County, Arizona is leaning liberal.
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.
Fountain Hills, Arizona: R R R R r 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 Fountain Hills, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,853 contributions totaling $674,322 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,121 contributions totaling $1,125,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)