Sahuarita, Arizona is a small town located in the outskirts of Tucson. Politically, it is a part of Pima County and has an elected mayor, five council members, and several committees for citizens to become involved with their local government. The mayor is responsible for running the day-to-day operations of Sahuarita while the council members are elected to represent the interests of their respective districts. Additionally, there are various committees such as public safety, economic development, parks & recreation, and public works that oversee respective programs within Sahuarita. All citizens have the right to vote for their representatives in office as well as to express their opinions about important local issues involving politics. Through these means, Sahuarita's citizens can ensure that their voices are heard and that their needs and concerns are taken into account when making decisions about how their town should be run.
The political climate in Sahuarita, AZ is leaning liberal.
Pima County, AZ is moderately liberal. In Pima County, AZ 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pima county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 39.8%.
Pima county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sahuarita, AZ is leaning liberal.
Pima County, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Tucson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sahuarita, Arizona: d d d d D 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 Sahuarita, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,362 contributions totaling $1,057,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,774 contributions totaling $450,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)