Sierra Vista, AZ is a small city located in Cochise County in the south of Arizona. It is a friendly and quaint town with a population just over 45,000 people. It has a very active political life which is often focused on issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic growth. With elections occurring throughout the year for local offices including mayor, council members, and other officials, Sierra Vista residents are very engaged in politics. Candidates for these positions often come from both major parties as well as third parties or independents depending on the election. Each of the candidates make their case to the citizens of Sierra Vista on why they are the best person for the job so that they can make an informed decision when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Sierra Vista, AZ is somewhat conservative.
Cochise County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Cochise County, AZ 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cochise county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.1%.
Cochise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sierra Vista, AZ is somewhat conservative.
Cochise County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Sierra Vista-Douglas Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sierra Vista, 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 Sierra Vista, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,330 contributions totaling $205,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,165 contributions totaling $313,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)