Payson, Arizona is located in Gila County and is the county seat. It is a small town of approximately 15,000 people and has a rich history in the area. The politics in Payson reflects this history. The city is served by an elected mayor and six council members who serve four-year terms. All municipal elections are nonpartisan and focus on issues that impact the quality of life in Payson. The mayor and council work together to promote economic development, provide services to residents, and pass legislation that will benefit the city as a whole. Additionally, they have worked hard to make sure that all residents feel safe within their community while also preserving its traditions and culture.
The political climate in Payson, 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
Payson, 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.
Payson, 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 Payson, 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)