San Carlos, AZ is a small town located in the southeast corner of Arizona. It is a rural area with a population of just over 4,000 people. The local politics in this area are managed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe and its seven members who serve as elected officials to manage the town’s affairs. These officials represent the Tribal Council of the San Carlos Apache Tribe and are responsible for making decisions about economic development, public safety, education, and other important matters that affect life in San Carlos. The tribal council meets regularly to discuss issues and make decisions that will meet the needs of both their members and all residents of San Carlos. They also host public hearings so that community members can provide input into decisions being made about topics like infrastructure improvements or business development. Additionally, they hold elections every two years for elected tribal council representatives who will then serve for four-year terms.
The political climate in San Carlos, AZ is moderately conservative.
Gila County, AZ is very conservative. In Gila County, AZ 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gila county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.2%.
Gila county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Carlos, AZ is moderately conservative.
Gila 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.
San Carlos, 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 San Carlos, 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)