The Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area is an important area for local politics. Home to a diverse population of over 145,000 people, the area has many elected representatives who serve at both the state and federal levels. Those elected officials work hard to ensure that their constituents have access to quality education and job opportunities as well as advocating for small businesses in the area. Additionally, they are instrumental in protecting the environment and preserving natural resources in Flagstaff. With its rich history and vast cultural heritage, Flagstaff is a vibrant political hub that offers citizens a chance to make their voices heard on issues ranging from healthcare to transportation.
The political climate in Flagstaff Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In Flagstaff Metro Area 60.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Flagstaff metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.7% to 36.7%.
The Flagstaff metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flagstaff Metro Area is strongly 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.
Flagstaff, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Flagstaff Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,371 contributions totaling $804,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,001 contributions totaling $585,918 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $585 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)