The politics in 85251 Scottsdale, AZ are diverse and important to the area. The city is part of Maricopa County and is represented by Republican Party members in both the Arizona State House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate. In addition, 85251 Scottsdale residents are represented by a member in the US House of Representatives from the 6th District. Issues that are important to the people of this zip code relate to topics such as education, economic development and environmental conservation. Locally, residents have access to several organizations which provide forums for discussing political issues within the community. Community stakeholders work together to ensure that their voices are heard on matters concerning local government policy decisions. This neighborhood actively participates in elections for local offices including Mayor, City Council, School Board Members, and other elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 85251 (Scottsdale, 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 85251 (Scottsdale, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Scottsdale, 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.
Scottsdale, 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 85251 (Scottsdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,023 contributions totaling $853,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,308 contributions totaling $901,856 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $689 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)