Tacna, Arizona is a small rural town located in the southwestern part of the state. Politically, the town is part of Yuma County and is represented by representatives from both the Republican and Democrat parties. Residents of Tacna are served by two county supervisors, one from each party, who enact policies that impact local residents on a regular basis. Additionally, members of each party regularly run for municipal offices such as mayor or city council. Currently, the mayor is a member of the Democratic Party and there are several other council members who are also from either party. Political debates in Tacna are often lively as people from different backgrounds come together to discuss issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Tacna, AZ is leaning conservative.
Yuma County, AZ is leaning conservative. In Yuma County, AZ 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yuma county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 46.0%.
Yuma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tacna, AZ is leaning conservative.
Yuma County, Arizona is leaning conservative.
Yuma Metro Area is leaning 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.
Tacna, 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 Tacna, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $1,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $15,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)