Apache, AZ County is a vibrant community with politics that shape and affect its citizens' lives. The county is covered by the Arizona state legislature and its members are elected to represent its citizens in matters of policy making. Local elections are held every two years to decide who will fill these positions, such as county treasurer, clerk of court, sheriff, assessor, supervisor of elections and more. Each candidate brings different visions for Apache's future and has unique ideas about how to address the issues faced by its citizens. In addition to local candidates for office, Apache is also represented by several US congressional representatives who make up the Congressional delegation from Arizona. Through this delegation, citizens can voice their concerns on a higher level and influence decisions made at the national level that will ultimately affect them directly here in Apache County.
The political climate in Apache County, AZ is very liberal.
In Apache County, AZ 66.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Apache county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.0% to 32.4%.
Apache county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Apache County, AZ is very liberal.
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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.
Apache, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Apache County, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 734 contributions totaling $38,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $150,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)