Paulden, AZ is a small town located in northern Arizona. Despite its small size, it has a rich political history and active local politics. The city is part of Yavapai County, which has its own local government and political representatives. At the state level, Paulden is represented by Senator Karen Fann and Representative Noel Campbell, both of whom are Republicans. In terms of federal representation, Paulden is within the jurisdiction of Arizona's first congressional district and is represented by Congressman Tom O'Halleran (D). On the local level, Paulden is governed by a mayor-council form of government with five members on the council representing different districts within the city. These council members are elected to two-year terms and each serve as the head of one of Paulden's departments such as public works or parks and recreation. All elections for local office are conducted in accordance with Arizona state law and overseen by Yavapai County Elections Office.
The political climate in Paulden, 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
Paulden, AZ 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.
Paulden, 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 Paulden, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,212 contributions totaling $455,763 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,665 contributions totaling $285,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)