The politics of Peridot, AZ are typical for a small city with a population of around 5,000 people. The local government in Peridot consists of an elected mayor and an elected council. Every two years, the citizens of Peridot have the opportunity to vote on who will serve as mayor and who will serve as members of the council. The city's political atmosphere is generally considered to be quite conservative. Issues such as fiscal responsibility and economic development are at the forefront of current topics being discussed in local political forums. With a variety of candidates up for election every two years, the voters in Peridot have plenty of choices when it comes to selecting their representatives.
The political climate in Peridot, AZ is moderately conservative.
Graham County, AZ is very conservative. In Graham County, AZ 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.8%.
Graham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peridot, AZ is moderately conservative.
Graham County, Arizona is very conservative.
Payson Metro Area is very 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.
Peridot, 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 Peridot, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $20,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,340 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $8,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)