Flagstaff, AZ is a town in northern Arizona that serves as the county seat of Coconino County. Politics in Flagstaff involves the decisions and actions of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. At the local level, Flagstaff is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and five city council members are all elected to four-year terms by voters in Flagstaff. The city council meets regularly to discuss proposed ordinances, review budgets, and decide on other matters relating to running the city. Additionally, Flagstaff residents are represented at the state level by two representatives in the Arizona House of Representatives and one senator in the Arizona State Senate. At the federal level, Flagstaff is part of Arizona's 1st congressional district which is currently represented by Rep. Tom O'Halleran (D).
The political climate in Flagstaff, AZ is moderately liberal.
Coconino County, AZ is strongly liberal. In Coconino County, AZ 60.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coconino county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.7% to 36.7%.
Coconino county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flagstaff, AZ is moderately liberal.
Coconino County, Arizona is strongly liberal.
Flagstaff Metro Area is strongly 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.
Flagstaff, Arizona: d D D D D 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 Flagstaff, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,009 contributions totaling $698,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 684 contributions totaling $539,228 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $788 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)