Youngtown, AZ is an unincorporated town in Maricopa County. It is governed by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. The board is elected to four-year terms and consists of five members who represent districts throughout the county. Each member is responsible for representing their district's interests, and voting on issues important to Youngtown residents. Local political candidates include Joanna Smith, a current member of the board, and Mark Johnson, a local businessman who recently announced his candidacy for the upcoming election. Both candidates bring different visions and ideas for how to better serve the citizens of Youngtown and improve the quality of life there. Residents look forward to hearing more about each candidate’s platform as they prepare to cast their vote in the upcoming election.
The political climate in Youngtown, AZ is leaning liberal.
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
Youngtown, AZ is leaning liberal.
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.
Youngtown, 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 Youngtown, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,493 contributions totaling $154,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,298 contributions totaling $111,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)