Lake Havasu City, located in Arizona’s Mohave County, is a thriving city built around the shores of Lake Havasu. It is home to a population of over 55,000 people who enjoy the beautiful outdoors and recreational activities that are available year-round. Local politics in Lake Havasu City are driven by the mayor and five members of the city council. The mayor and council members are elected on a non-partisan basis and serve staggered four-year terms. Having an open government system allows local residents to have direct input into their local governing body. Popular issues that drive the local political agenda include economic development initiatives, infrastructure improvements, crime prevention strategies, and public safety initiatives. Local candidates for office must meet certain qualifications to be eligible to run as well as obtain enough signatures from registered voters in order to appear on the ballot. Through this process, Lake Havasu City citizens can ensure their voices are heard and represented by their elected officials at all levels of government.
The political climate in Lake Havasu City, AZ is moderately conservative.
Mohave County, AZ is very conservative. In Mohave County, AZ 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mohave county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.7%.
Mohave county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Havasu City, AZ is moderately conservative.
Mohave County, Arizona is very conservative.
Lake Havasu City-Kingman Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Lake Havasu City, 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 Lake Havasu City, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 612 contributions totaling $53,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,320 contributions totaling $353,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)