The politics in 85607 Douglas, AZ are shaped by local, state, and national representatives. At the local level, citizens of Douglas have the opportunity to elect a mayor and four city council members. These elected officials make decisions on how to spend the city’s budget, as well as crafting policies that will shape the future of the community. At the state level, Douglas voters can cast their ballots for senators and representatives who decide on laws that affect all citizens of Arizona. Nationally, residents of 85607 Douglas can choose who will represent them in Congress and at the White House. The collective voices of these political leaders are heard when they come together to make decisions for our community and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 85607 (Douglas, AZ) is somewhat conservative.
Cochise County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Cochise County, AZ 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cochise county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.1%.
Cochise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85607 (Douglas, AZ) is somewhat conservative.
Douglas, Arizona is somewhat conservative.
Cochise County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Sierra Vista-Douglas Metro Area is moderately 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.
Douglas, 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 85607 (Douglas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 408 contributions totaling $38,638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $14,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)