Pima County, Arizona is a mix of urban and rural communities, and its politics reflect the diverse interests of its population. The county is part of Arizona's Second Congressional District and is represented in the House of Representatives by Ann Kirkpatrick. On the state level, Pima County is represented in the State Senate by David Bradley and in the House of Representatives by Kirsten Engel. In addition to these representatives, local politics are driven by several elected officials including Pima County Board of Supervisors, the Assessor, Recorder, Treasurer, Sheriff and other offices. The supervisors are responsible for setting budget priorities, managing county resources and responding to community concerns. They work to ensure that residents have access to a high quality health care system and educational opportunities as well as safe neighborhoods across Pima County.
The political climate in Pima County, AZ is moderately liberal.
In Pima County, AZ 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pima county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 39.8%.
Pima county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pima County, AZ is moderately liberal.
Tucson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Pima, Arizona: d d d d D 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 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 Pima County, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114,541 contributions totaling $11,567,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19,869 contributions totaling $8,405,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)