The politics in 85339 Phoenix, AZ are mainly driven by the local government and its citizens. The City of Phoenix is governed by a Mayor-Council system. The city council consists of 8 elected members who serve four year terms. Each council member represents one of the eight districts that make up the city. The mayor is chosen from among the members of the city council to serve as a high-level representative for all citizens of Phoenix. In addition, Arizona also has two U.S Senators and nine U.S Representatives representing it in Congress. All of these representatives have been elected to serve the people of Arizona in different ways and ensure their rights are respected and their voices heard at the highest level. As such, politics in 85339 Phoenix, AZ reflect the values and concerns of its residents through local governance and representation in government at higher levels.
The political climate in Zip 85339 (Phoenix, AZ) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 85339 (Phoenix, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Phoenix, Arizona is leaning liberal.
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.
Phoenix, 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 zip 85339 (Phoenix)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 471 contributions totaling $39,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $15,333 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)