St. Michaels, AZ is a small town located in the state of Arizona. It is home to a diverse population of just under 6,000 people. St. Michaels's local politics are largely driven by the residents of the city and their representatives in government offices. Residents of St. Michaels have elected several members to both state and local positions, including mayors, city council members, and school board representatives. The current mayor is Mike Smith who was elected in 2020 and has focused on improving economic development opportunities within the community as well as advocating for public safety initiatives that benefit all citizens. In addition to this, various other political candidates run for office every election cycle to represent different issues that are important to the citizens of St. Michaels such as health care access, job growth, and environmental protection. Local candidates also bring new ideas and perspectives to help make sure that everyone’s voice is heard in the decision making process for local politics in St. Michaels.
The political climate in St. Michaels, AZ is moderately liberal.
Apache County, AZ is very liberal. In Apache County, AZ 66.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Apache county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.0% to 32.4%.
Apache county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Michaels, AZ is moderately liberal.
Apache County, Arizona is very 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.
St. Michaels, 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 St. Michaels, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $11,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)