Sun City West, AZ is a small town located in the northwest corner of Maricopa County. It is home to many retirees and families, who enjoy the tranquil lifestyle that this town offers. When it comes to politics, Sun City West takes an active role in engaging their citizens through forums and elections. They have members of both major political parties represented within the city limits, including Democrats and Republicans. The local government works closely with their residents to ensure that they are being heard on issues that affect them. They also host multiple events throughout the year to keep people informed about current topics or any upcoming legislation that may be passed. In addition to these events, Sun City West has several local political candidates running for office in 2020, making sure that everyone's voice is heard when it comes to decision-making for this lovely city.
The political climate in Sun City West, 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
Sun City West, 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.
Sun City West, 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 Sun City West, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,895 contributions totaling $204,895 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,655 contributions totaling $488,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)