Pima, Arizona is a rural area with a small population of around 40,000 people. Politically, Pima County follows a relatively traditional conservative stance on most issues. The county has been reliably Republican in presidential elections since 2000, when George W. Bush won over Al Gore by nearly 13 points. The county also backed Donald Trump in the 2016 and 2020 elections by wide margins. Politically, the county is represented at the state level by two Republicans and one Democrat in the Arizona State Senate. In the State House of Representatives, four Republicans and two Democrats represent Pima County. On the local level, there are numerous elected officials elected by voters in Pima County, including mayors for several cities as well as members of city councils, school boards and other local governing bodies.
The political climate in Pima, AZ is strongly 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
Pima, AZ is strongly conservative.
Graham County, Arizona is very conservative.
Safford 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.
Pima, 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 Pima, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $12,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)