Politics in Peoria, AZ are vibrant and ever-changing. The city is part of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and its legislative body is the Peoria City Council. Elections for Mayor, City Council members, and other local officials are held every two years and give citizens a chance to voice their opinions on issues facing the city. The elected officials strive to ensure that every citizen's voice is heard when it comes to important decisions affecting the welfare of Peoria residents and businesses. By engaging with community organizations, attending public meetings, and hosting forums for citizens, these representatives are constantly striving to understand and meet the needs of their constituents.
The political climate in Peoria, 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
Peoria, 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.
Peoria, 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 Peoria, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,145 contributions totaling $1,425,283 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,440 contributions totaling $1,630,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)