Buckeye, Arizona is part of Maricopa county and the 85326 zip code. The city has a government led by a mayor and eight council members who are elected every four years. The mayor and council oversee the development of the community, including managing budgets for public safety, infrastructure, parks and recreation, and local businesses. Local political candidates put forward their platforms in order to be elected by their constituents. Candidates typically focus on key issues such as economic growth, job creation, public safety, educational opportunities, and environmental stewardship. These priorities help guide decision making in Buckeye’s government and move the city forward in achieving its goals.
The political climate in Zip 85326 (Buckeye, 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 85326 (Buckeye, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Buckeye, 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.
Buckeye, 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 85326 (Buckeye)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 729 contributions totaling $38,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $97,034 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $393 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)