Bullhead City, AZ is located in Mohave County and is the largest city in northwest Arizona. The local political scene consists primarily of municipal government officials, including a Mayor and six members of the City Council. Bullhead City also has a representative in the Arizona State Legislature. Residents take part in local politics by voting for their representatives and participating in public forums, meetings, and discussions about local issues. The current mayor is Tom Brady who was elected to serve a four-year term from 2018 to 2022. The City Council works with the mayor to develop policies that focus on quality of life, economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements in Bullhead City. They have recently passed some important initiatives including increasing funding for law enforcement programs and expanding access to parks and recreational facilities for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 86442 (Bullhead City, AZ) is strongly conservative.
Mohave County, AZ is very conservative. In Mohave County, AZ 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mohave county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.9% to 23.7%.
Mohave county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86442 (Bullhead City, AZ) is strongly conservative.
Bullhead City, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Mohave County, Arizona is very conservative.
Lake Havasu City-Kingman Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Bullhead City, 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 86442 (Bullhead City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 340 contributions totaling $17,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $60,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)