In 85119 Apache Junction, AZ, politics primarily involve local and state representatives that are elected to serve the citizens of the area. The current representatives are Ben Toma (R) for Congressional District 6 in the United States House of Representatives, J.D. Mesnard (R) for Legislative District 17 in the Arizona Senate, and Warren Peterson (R) for Legislative District 17 in the Arizona House of Representatives. Decisions made by these elected officials impact many aspects of life within Apache Junction. Local issues that residents take an active interest in include education, infrastructure, public safety, healthcare access, and economic development. Citizens are encouraged to stay informed about current events and to use their voting power to ensure their voices are heard in our democracy.
The political climate in Zip 85119 (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 85119 (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 85119 (Apache Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 815 contributions totaling $40,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $19,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)