Tolleson, AZ is a small city located in Maricopa County with a population of 7,500. The city has its own local government and elected officials that serve the residents. Tolleson is part of the 25th Legislative District and is represented by Representatives Reginald Bolding and Diego Rodriguez in the Arizona State House of Representatives. In addition to state representatives, Tolleson elects local representatives on the City Council. This Council consists of five members, each representing one of five districts within the city. The current Mayor is Adolfo Gámez who was elected in 2018 and has served since then. The current councilmembers are Priscilla Flores-Medrano (District 1), Michael Montoya (District 2), Veronica Pelayo (District 3), Marcos Castillo (District 4) and David Lozano (District 5). These representatives work together to create policies and decisions that represent the interests of the community as a whole.
The political climate in Tolleson, AZ is somewhat liberal.
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
Tolleson, AZ is somewhat liberal.
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.
Tolleson, 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 Tolleson, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 406 contributions totaling $32,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $79,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $537 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)