Rio Rico, Arizona is located in Santa Cruz County and is part of the Nogales Metropolitan area. It has a long history of politics and is home to many active citizens who take interest in local government and political activities. The city council consists of seven members who serve four-year terms. With five local mayors since 2005, Rio Rico has been involved in heated debate over issues such as water rights, public safety, economic development, and transportation networks. Community members are highly engaged in local politics and have held town hall meetings to discuss the impact of policy decisions on their daily lives. Residents also actively participate in voter registration drives, advocacy campaigns, and other civic activities that affect the current political climate in Rio Rico.
The political climate in Rio Rico, AZ is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, AZ is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, AZ 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.6%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rio Rico, AZ is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona is very liberal.
Nogales Metro Area is very 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.
Rio Rico, 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 Rio Rico, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,170 contributions totaling $75,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $51,573 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)