The politics in 85305 Glendale, AZ are heavily influenced by the local government, which is made up of a Mayor and six City Council members. The city council is responsible for enacting ordinances and resolutions for the benefit of the community, such as zoning regulations, traffic safety laws, and public health initiatives. Community members can reach out to their elected officials to voice concerns and have their issues addressed on a local level. In the 2020 election cycle, two incumbents are running again for City Council positions with three challengers. This race will determine who will represent the residents of Glendale for the next four years and continue working on important initiatives that impact everyone's quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 85305 (Glendale, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Maricopa County, AZ is leaning liberal. In Maricopa County, AZ 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maricopa county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.1% to 48.0%.
Maricopa county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85305 (Glendale, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Glendale, Arizona is leaning liberal.
Maricopa County, Arizona is leaning liberal.
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.
Glendale, Arizona: R R R R r 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 zip 85305 (Glendale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $4,377 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $60,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $497 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)