The small town of Clifton, AZ (zip code 85533) is located in the south eastern corner of Arizona. It is a rural community with a few small businesses and several family farms. Although there is no real political scene in Clifton, residents are aware of the national and state-level politics that directly affect their lives. Residents are generally conservative and support conservative candidates who promote fiscal responsibility and traditional values. Even though they do not have any local political candidates to choose from, many citizens take part in civic engagement by voting in local elections and participating in town hall meetings or other public forums where they can make their voices heard. Clifton residents also understand the importance of democracy at a larger level and go out to vote in national elections as well.
The political climate in Zip 85533 (Clifton, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Greenlee County, AZ is very conservative. In Greenlee County, AZ 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenlee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.0%.
Greenlee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85533 (Clifton, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Clifton, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Greenlee County, Arizona is very conservative.
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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.
Clifton, 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 85533 (Clifton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $2,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $443 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)