The politics in 85120 Apache Junction, AZ are heavily influenced by the state and local government. The city is located within Maricopa County and is a part of the East Valley area which is represented at the state level by Arizona State House Representatives Regina Cobb (R) and Walt Blackman (R). As for local politics, Apache Junction elects a mayor as well as five city council members for four-year terms. All elections are nonpartisan and held in November of odd-numbered years. The official website of Apache Junction provides detailed information about the current mayor and city council members, as well as information on upcoming elections and how to register to vote. Apache Junction is also part of Arizona’s 6th congressional district which is currently represented by David Schweikert (R). All of these factors contribute to the political environment within 85120 Apache Junction, AZ.
The political climate in Zip 85120 (Apache Junction, AZ) is somewhat conservative.
Pinal County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Pinal County, AZ 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pinal county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.5%.
Pinal county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85120 (Apache Junction, AZ) is somewhat conservative.
Apache Junction, Arizona is somewhat conservative.
Pinal County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metro Area is leaning 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.
Apache Junction, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 85120 (Apache Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 320 contributions totaling $10,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $15,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)