Tonto Village, AZ is a small rural community in the far north of Arizona. The village is part of an unincorporated area and does not have its own local government. Instead, the area is served by Gila County, AZ which oversees the basic services such as law enforcement and emergency services. The county also works with the Arizona State Legislature to ensure the laws and regulations that affect Tonto Village are well established. Despite the lack of local political representation, there are still elections happening within Gila County that impact Tonto Village's citizens. These include state and federal representatives who serve in the U.S Congress and Arizona Senate, as well as local school board members who are responsible for educational policies affecting Tonto Village schools. By participating in these elections, residents of Tonto Village can make sure their voices are heard and their concerns are addressed on both a local and national level.
The political climate in Tonto Village, AZ is moderately conservative.
Gila County, AZ is very conservative. In Gila County, AZ 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gila county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.2%.
Gila county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tonto Village, AZ is moderately conservative.
Gila County, Arizona is very conservative.
Payson Metro Area 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.
Tonto Village, 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 Tonto Village, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 633 contributions totaling $34,861 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 796 contributions totaling $319,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)