Santa Cruz County, Arizona is a rural county located in the south of Arizona. It is an area with a rich and diverse political landscape including local governments, state representatives, and federal representatives. The county mainly consists of agricultural based industries and has a population over 30,000 people. Santa Cruz County is part of the 8th Congressional District which is represented by Republican Martha McSally. On the state level, the district is represented by Representative Cesar Chavez in the Arizona House of Representatives and Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford in the State Senate. Local government includes five Supervisors who provide oversight to county administration, departments, and services. They are responsible for setting policy initiatives to help shape the future of Santa Cruz County and its citizens.
The political climate in Santa Cruz County, AZ is very liberal.
In Santa Cruz County, AZ 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.6%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santa Cruz County, AZ is very liberal.
Nogales Metro Area is very 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.
Santa Cruz, 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 Santa Cruz County, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,526 contributions totaling $168,863 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 345 contributions totaling $106,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)