Morenci, AZ is a small town in Greenlee County with a population of approximately 2,000 residents. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government and the current mayor of Morenci is Jim Matherly. The five members of the council are Bill Johnson, Michael Lopez, Ben Smith, Susan Wallace and John Whitehead. Council meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Council Chambers located at City Hall. Elections for mayor and council members take place every two years and those elected serve four year terms. The city works to ensure all its citizens have an opportunity to participate in local politics by providing information about candidates and upcoming elections. Residents can stay up to date with news from their local political representatives by attending public meetings or following them on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
The political climate in Morenci, AZ is somewhat conservative.
Greenlee County, AZ is very conservative. In Greenlee County, AZ 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenlee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.0%.
Greenlee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morenci, AZ is somewhat conservative.
Greenlee County, Arizona is very 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.
Morenci, 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 Morenci, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)