The politics in 85335 El Mirage, AZ are an important part of the local community. The city is divided into two major districts that are represented by elected officials who serve on the City Council. Each district elects two representatives to represent them in the City Council. These representatives work with the mayor and other council members to develop local policies and regulations that govern how El Mirage operates. They also support local businesses and economic development projects to help ensure a thriving economy for the area. Elections are held every two years, where residents can cast their votes for candidates who they feel will best represent their interests. Voter turnout in El Mirage is usually high, as residents take seriously their civic duty to participate in local government and contribute to making it an effective governing body.
The political climate in Zip 85335 (El Mirage, 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 85335 (El Mirage, AZ) is leaning liberal.
El Mirage, 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.
El Mirage, 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 85335 (El Mirage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $7,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $3,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)