Maricopa is a city in Arizona that is full of history and culture. The politics of Maricopa are heavily influenced by the values of its citizens, who are largely conservative in their views. Maricopa has an elected mayor and town council that are responsible for governing the city. There are also several initiatives and ballot measures which have been put before voters in recent years to decide on important issues for the city. These include everything from infrastructure projects to economic development efforts. Local political candidates running for office in Maricopa focus on topics such as education, public safety, environmental protection, job growth, and more. Their campaigns involve reaching out to residents through door-to-door canvassing, attending community events, and engaging with local media outlets. Ultimately, the people of Maricopa will decide who they want to serve them in government by casting their votes during elections.
The political climate in Maricopa, 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
Maricopa, 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.
Maricopa, 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 Maricopa, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,010 contributions totaling $1,180,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 691 contributions totaling $723,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,047 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)