Cave Creek, AZ is located near Phoenix in Maricopa County. The town is composed of a diverse population from various backgrounds and cultures. Politics in Cave Creek are largely ran by the Town Council, which is comprised of six members elected at large by residents of the town. The mayor is voted for separately and also serves on the council. Candidates for local office must be a resident of Cave Creek and run for either Mayor or one of the six Town Council positions. The political atmosphere in Cave Creek is generally conservative with many candidates promising to keep taxes low while maintaining public safety and city services. Additionally, many candidates pledge to preserve natural resources and combat environmental issues such as air pollution in the area.
The political climate in Cave Creek, 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
Cave Creek, 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.
Cave Creek, 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 Cave Creek, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,185 contributions totaling $561,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,307 contributions totaling $1,051,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $456 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)