The Safford, AZ Metro Area is home to a diverse and vibrant community of people. Politically, the area is largely Democratic, with the majority of registered voters favoring the Democratic party in the last presidential election. Local elections often feature numerous candidates from each major party vying for various offices, including mayor, city council members, state legislators and more. The local political scene is active and engaged, with citizens regularly showing up to vote in all types of elections. Additionally, local politicians are known for their strong commitment to their constituents and have a history of working across party lines to ensure success for their communities. Whether participating in a local campaign or attending city council meetings, it’s easy to see that politics plays an important role in the Safford Metro Area.
The political climate in Safford Metro Area is very conservative.
In Safford Metro Area 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Safford metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.8%.
The Safford metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Safford Metro Area is very 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.
Safford, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Safford Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 249 contributions totaling $14,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 342 contributions totaling $47,504 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)