Surprise, AZ is a city located in Maricopa County with a population of approximately 134,085. This growing and vibrant city is governed by an elected City Council, which consists of a Mayor and six Councilmembers. Each year the citizens of Surprise are invited to participate in an election to vote for their Mayor and Councilmembers that will help guide the city's growth and direction. The Mayor and Councilmembers are responsible for developing policies and budgets that address the needs of the community. They also handle issues such as public safety, zoning, infrastructure, economic development, and quality of life initiatives. The political atmosphere in Surprise is one that emphasizes collaboration between citizens, businesses, developers, organizations, and other stakeholders in order to ensure balanced growth while preserving the unique character of Surprise.
The political climate in Surprise, AZ is leaning conservative.
Maricopa County, AZ is leaning liberal. In Maricopa County, AZ 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maricopa county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.1% to 48.0%.
Maricopa county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Surprise, AZ is leaning conservative.
Maricopa County, Arizona is leaning liberal.
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.
Surprise, Arizona: R R R R r 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 Surprise, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,798 contributions totaling $822,341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,954 contributions totaling $1,166,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)