Maricopa County, located in Arizona, is an important area of the state for political involvement. The county is home to a wide variety of political activities, from local elections to national campaigns. In Maricopa County, many different candidates are vying for votes each year in order to represent their district and its constituents in the government. Local politicians focus on issues that are important to their constituents such as public education, economic growth, and public safety. Additionally, many organizations within the county work hard to spread awareness about political topics and how they affect people’s lives. Participating in politics at all levels can help create change and positive outcomes for all those living within Maricopa County.
The political climate in 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
Maricopa County, AZ 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.
Maricopa, 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 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 Maricopa County, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208,692 contributions totaling $25,606,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62,516 contributions totaling $33,283,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $532 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)