Sun City, AZ is a small but vibrant community located in Maricopa County. It is known for its active senior citizen population and its safe, family-oriented environment. The city has a strong local government that provides many services to the residents, such as parks, libraries, and public safety programs. The city is served by an elected mayor and council members who make decisions that affect the quality of life in Sun City. The political landscape of Sun City consists of a variety of candidates running for positions on the city council. These individuals come from all walks of life and have unique perspectives on how to best serve the people of Sun City. Each candidate brings something special to the table when it comes to making decisions for the city's future. The residents of Sun City are encouraged to get involved in their local politics by attending candidate forums or voting in elections held throughout the year.
The political climate in Sun City, 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
Sun City, 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.
Sun City, 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 Sun City, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,393 contributions totaling $421,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,435 contributions totaling $368,393 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)