The politics of 85364 Yuma, AZ are reflective of the larger Arizona state government. The city is part of the 4th district in the Arizona State Senate, which is served by Senator Lisa Otondo. The 4th district also serves as part of the state House of Representatives and includes representatives Charlene Fernandez and Regina Cobb. In addition to these representatives, 85364 Yuma is represented in Congress by Congressman Paul Gosar. Furthermore, 85364 Yuma is also a part of Maricopa County, meaning that it has representation on both the county board of supervisors and county court system. There are also various local municipalities within 85364 Yuma that have their own governing systems and municipal councils that serve their individual communities. Overall, 85364 Yuma is a part of a variety of different governmental entities that all work together to ensure reasonable taxation and fair governance for the citizens who live and work in this unique desert town.
The political climate in Zip 85364 (Yuma, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Yuma County, AZ is leaning conservative. In Yuma County, AZ 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yuma county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 46.0%.
Yuma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85364 (Yuma, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Yuma, Arizona is leaning conservative.
Yuma County, Arizona is leaning conservative.
Yuma Metro Area is leaning 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.
Yuma, 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 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 zip 85364 (Yuma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,059 contributions totaling $139,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 712 contributions totaling $199,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)