Yuma, Arizona is a city that is renowned for its diverse culture and rich history. It has seen a steady population growth since the early 2000s, and today it boasts an estimated population of over 94,000 people. With this large population comes great political representation in the form of both local and state-level politicians. At the local level, there are several City Council members who represent Yuma's interests. They work closely with Yuma's Mayor to ensure that the city runs smoothly and efficiently. On the state-level, Yuma is represented by two senators in the Arizona Legislature who vote on legislation that affects Yuma and the entire state. No matter what your political views are, it's clear that Yuma has strong representation in both local and state politics.
The political climate in Yuma, AZ is leaning liberal.
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
Yuma, AZ is leaning liberal.
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.
Yuma, 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 Yuma, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,815 contributions totaling $436,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $241 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,883 contributions totaling $471,336 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)