Douglas, Arizona is a city located in Cochise County and it has a population of around 17,000 people. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Dr. Robert Uribe. The city council consists of five members who serve four-year terms. The mayor oversees the daily operations of the city government while the council makes policy decisions and adopts ordinances. The city council meets regularly to make decisions on matters such as budgeting and taxation. Douglas also has a number of local organizations that work to provide support for community needs and help ensure that Douglas remains an attractive place to live for its citizens. These organizations include the Chamber of Commerce, MainStreet Douglas, Keep Douglas Beautiful, and several other civic groups.
The political climate in Zip 85608 (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 85608 (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 85608 (Douglas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)