South Tucson, Arizona is a small city with a population of around 5,400 people. It is located in Pima County and is part of the Tucson metropolitan area. Politics in South Tucson are represented by the City Council, which consists of five elected members that serve four-year terms. The mayor of South Tucson is appointed from among the members of the City Council. The Council meets regularly to discuss local issues and create resolutions. In addition to addressing issues relevant to South Tucson, the City Council also works closely with other municipalities and state and federal representatives to address regional concerns.
The political climate in South Tucson, AZ is moderately liberal.
Pima County, AZ is moderately liberal. In Pima County, AZ 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pima county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 39.8%.
Pima county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Tucson, AZ is moderately liberal.
Pima County, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Tucson Metro Area is moderately 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.
South Tucson, Arizona: d d d d D 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 South Tucson, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,548 contributions totaling $59,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $50,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)