Drysdale, AZ is a small rural town located in the southwestern corner of the state. Although it may be small in size, the politics of Drysdale are quite active. The town operates under the governance of an elected Mayor and four Town Council members, who are voted in by citizens every two years. The Town Council sets higher level policies and creates budgets for local services such as police and fire protection, road maintenance, water and sewer service, public parks, and more. Additionally, Drysdale is part of the larger Coconino County government which enacts laws at a county-wide level. All these layers of political involvement ensure that people's voices are heard on important issues that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Drysdale, 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
Drysdale, AZ 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.
Drysdale, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Drysdale, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 370 contributions totaling $147,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $398 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 582 contributions totaling $134,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)