Cochise County, Arizona is the sixth largest county in the state and covers over 6,200 square miles. It is a rural county located along the U.S.-Mexico border and is home to a diverse population of over 125,000 people. Politically, Cochise County leans conservative with Republicans in all six seats on the Board of Supervisors and other local offices being held by Republican officials. The county has had a history of strong political engagement from the county’s residents and this trend continues today with local debates and forums held regularly to discuss key issues facing the community. Through these forums and events, citizens can make their voices heard to their elected officials, ensuring that their opinions are taken into consideration when making decisions that will affect them.
The political climate in 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
Cochise County, AZ 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.
Cochise, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Cochise County, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,381 contributions totaling $343,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,332 contributions totaling $405,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)