The city of Prescott, AZ, situated in zip code 86305 has a population of over 40,000 people. As a member of the Yavapai County government the politics of Prescott involve both local and county level issues. At the local level, voters elect mayor and council members to serve four-year terms. Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday each month at City Hall. At the county level, representatives are elected to serve two-year terms on the Board of Supervisors. These supervisors also hold regular meetings throughout the year open to all residents for discussion of local matters. While there is no current list of local political candidates running for office in 86305 Prescott, AZ residents can vote in local elections and make their voices heard when voting for their representatives or initiatives that could affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 86305 (Prescott, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, AZ is strongly conservative. In Yavapai County, AZ 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yavapai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.5%.
Yavapai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86305 (Prescott, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Prescott, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Prescott Valley-Prescott Metro Area is 0.
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.
Prescott, 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 86305 (Prescott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,530 contributions totaling $424,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,250 contributions totaling $235,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)