Douglas, Arizona is a small city located in Cochise County. It has a population of about 17,000 and is the second largest city in Cochise County. The politics in Douglas are dominated by the Democratic party, which holds all four seats on the City Council as well as a majority of the positions on the county board of supervisors. Local elections usually come down to strong competition between Democratic and Republican candidates. Issues often discussed include infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety measures, and programs to help disadvantaged citizens. Residents also take a keen interest in environmental protection initiatives such as water conservation and anti-pollution measures. In recent years, Douglas has seen an influx of younger residents who are more socially progressive and support alternative forms of energy production such as solar power. This influx has led to some political disagreements, but overall the town remains relatively unified when it comes to local matters.
The political climate in Douglas, AZ is leaning conservative.
Cochise County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Cochise County, AZ 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cochise county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.1%.
Cochise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglas, AZ is leaning conservative.
Cochise County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Sierra Vista-Douglas Metro Area is moderately 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.
Douglas, 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 Douglas, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 818 contributions totaling $77,526 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $35,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)