Cactus Forest, AZ is a small town situated in the southwestern United States. Although it is relatively small in population, Cactus Forest is renowned for its vibrant political culture. Citizens of Cactus Forest are passionate about local and national politics and often engage in lively conversations about the state of the nation. The town has a variety of opinions on different issues, including taxes, immigration, healthcare, and education. Local politicians come from all walks of life to discuss their respective stances on certain matters. This leads to healthy debate between candidates from opposite sides of the aisle as they strive to present their views and explain their reasoning behind them. As citizens cast their votes for their chosen representatives in elections, they know that their voices will be heard in Cactus Forest and that every vote counts.
The political climate in Cactus Forest, AZ is moderately conservative.
Pinal County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Pinal County, AZ 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pinal county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.5%.
Pinal county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cactus Forest, AZ is moderately conservative.
Pinal County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
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.
Cactus Forest, 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 Cactus Forest, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $7,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $13,161 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)