The Tucson, AZ Metro Area is home to a diverse population with many different political views. Although the area is politically mixed, the local elections are generally closely contested between Democrats and Republicans. The candidates for local office often have different views on important issues such as immigration, education, and economic development. From local mayors to town council members, Tucson leadership must carefully consider the opinions of their constituents when making decisions about how to best serve their community. In addition to elected officials, numerous grassroots organizations in Tucson are working hard to engage citizens in conversations about politics and how it affects their lives. These organizations promote civic engagement by hosting events such as voter registration drives and policy discussions that help people better understand the dynamics of politics in the metro area.
The political climate in Tucson Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Tucson Metro Area 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, the Tucson metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 39.8%.
The Tucson metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Tucson, 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 Tucson Metro Area
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)