The politics in 85718 Catalina Foothills, AZ are relatively small-scale. The area is part of the Pima County and the residents here primarily vote for candidates in state and federal elections. There are no local political candidates running for office and many people in the area are involved in local causes and initiatives to make their community a better place. As such, they don't have to worry about choosing amongst multiple local candidates because there aren't any. However, they do have to stay informed about national political issues and keep up with current events so they can be active participants in these elections.
The political climate in Zip 85718 (Catalina Foothills, AZ) is somewhat liberal.
Pima County, AZ is moderately liberal. In Pima County, AZ 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pima county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 39.8%.
Pima county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85718 (Catalina Foothills, AZ) is somewhat liberal.
Catalina Foothills, Arizona is somewhat liberal.
Pima County, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Tucson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Catalina Foothills, 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 zip 85718 (Catalina Foothills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,135 contributions totaling $2,004,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,807 contributions totaling $1,717,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $612 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)