equestId":"2ad6e42c-bc26-4291-a57a-ea967c584ea3","resource":"content","data":[{"id":"txt_a584c368abc04878aee56b25a28ab32f","text":"\n \nWillcox, AZ is a small city in Cochise County with a population of 3,757 as of 2019. Politics in Willcox are largely shaped by local issues and national politics. The mayor of Willcox is Ed Powers and the rest of the city council consists of members Nancy Verhines, Paul Whitehurst, Jim Argento, and Charles DeFrank. The city also has two representatives serving in the Arizona Legislature: Bruce Wheeler, who serves in Arizona House of Representatives for District 2; and Gail Griffin who serves in the Senate for District 14. At the national level, all 5 members from Cochise County are represented by Rep Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ) in the U.S. House and Sen Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) & Sen Mark Kelly (D-AZ) in the U.S Senate. Political views range from conservative to liberal across all levels of government within Willcox and discussions about various political policies often take place at public meetings or events throughout the year.
The political climate in Willcox, AZ is leaning conservative.
Cochise County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Cochise County, AZ 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cochise county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.1%.
Cochise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Willcox, AZ is leaning conservative.
Cochise County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Sierra Vista-Douglas Metro Area is moderately 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.
Willcox, 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 Willcox, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $14,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $20,166 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)