The politics in 86301 Prescott, AZ are varied and complex. The city of Prescott is a part of Yavapai County, which is governed by a Board of Supervisors that represent each district. For the local 86301 area, voters can cast their ballots for one supervisor representing the county district two . On the state level, voters can choose between candidates running to represent Arizona's 1st Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. In addition, citizens will elect representatives to serve in both chambers of the Arizona State Legislature. At the municipal level, citizen’s residing in 86301 may vote for mayor and members of city council who oversee issues and services particular to Prescott such as parks, public safety, streets, utilities and other city services.
The political climate in Zip 86301 (Prescott, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, AZ is strongly conservative. In Yavapai County, AZ 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yavapai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.5%.
Yavapai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86301 (Prescott, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Prescott, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Prescott Valley-Prescott Metro Area is 0.
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.
Prescott, 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 86301 (Prescott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,188 contributions totaling $149,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 809 contributions totaling $167,293 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)