Rio Verde, Arizona is a small town in the northwestern part of the state. It is an unincorporated community that has its own local government and elected officials. The current Mayor of Rio Verde is Mike Anderson, who was recently re-elected for a third consecutive term to serve his hometown. Other local political leaders include Vice-Mayor Tom Johnson and Council Members Todd Rowe, Sandy Kirkpatrick, David Flater, and Ken Mainard. These leaders are responsible for advocating on behalf of their constituents when it comes to regional issues, such as education and infrastructure projects. In addition to their roles at the local level, they also strive to keep Rio Verde connected with larger government entities like the county and state. These elected officials are committed to ensuring that Rio Verde remains a safe and vibrant place to live for all residents.
The political climate in Rio Verde, AZ is leaning conservative.
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
Rio Verde, AZ is leaning conservative.
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.
Rio Verde, 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 Rio Verde, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,152 contributions totaling $1,368,931 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,848 contributions totaling $3,966,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,031 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)