Gila Crossing, AZ is a small rural community located in southeastern Arizona. It is an area that has long been politically neutral, but recently there have been some changes in the local politics. In recent years, local leaders have identified issues such as economic development and educational reform as important areas for the government to focus on. They have encouraged citizens to get involved in the political process and take part in developing solutions to these pressing issues. There are now several prominent candidates running for office in Gila Crossing, and many of them have different visions for how to move the town forward. Local residents can use their vote to decide who they want to represent their interests and help shape the future of Gila Crossing.
The political climate in Gila Crossing, 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
Gila Crossing, AZ 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.
Gila Crossing, 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 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 Gila Crossing, AZ
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)