Politics in Clarkdale, AZ are always active and engaging. The town has a mayor-council form of municipal government, with an elected mayor and five elected council members who serve two-year terms. The town is also represented at the state level by two representatives from Arizona's 1st Congressional District. Voter turnout in local elections is usually strong, as the citizens of Clarkdale are passionate about their community and take great pride in being involved. Issues that have been on the ballot in recent years include public safety, economic development projects, environmental sustainability initiatives, and infrastructure improvements. Regular meetings of the Town Council provide Clarkdale's residents with an opportunity to stay up to date on current events and share their opinions on matters that affect their town.
The political climate in Clarkdale, AZ is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, AZ is strongly conservative. In Yavapai County, AZ 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yavapai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.5%.
Yavapai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarkdale, AZ is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Prescott Valley-Prescott Metro Area is 0.
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.
Clarkdale, 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 Clarkdale, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,064 contributions totaling $399,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 768 contributions totaling $81,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)