Elgin, AZ is a small town located in Santa Cruz County. As with many small towns, the politics of Elgin are relatively straightforward and can be found at the local level. The town has an elected mayor and a five-member council who works together to pass ordinances and decide on other matters of importance to the citizens of Elgin. The Council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss and vote on issues that affect the town. Additionally, Elgin has a volunteer fire department, as well as an active police department which is responsible for upholding laws and regulations within the community. Elections for mayor and council members take place every two years. This allows citizens to have their voices heard by electing individuals who will represent them in government decisions that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Elgin, AZ is somewhat liberal.
Santa Cruz County, AZ is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, AZ 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.6%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elgin, AZ is somewhat liberal.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona is very liberal.
Nogales Metro Area is very 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.
Elgin, 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 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 Elgin, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $9,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $517 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)