Elgin, AZ 85611 is a small town located in Santa Cruz County. Despite its small size, Elgin is a vibrant community with a number of engaging political activities. The town has its own volunteer fire department and the Elgin Town Council is actively involved in making decisions that affect the town’s residents. In addition, Elgin is home to several clubs and organizations dedicated to promoting civic participation and public engagement. These include the Elgin Chamber of Commerce, whose mission is to foster economic development in the area; Civics United for Elgin (CUE), an organization that encourages civic involvement through educational forums and other events; and the Elgin Convention & Visitors Bureau, which works to attract businesses and tourists to the area. Local candidates running for office are encouraged to attend one of these groups’ meetings or special events as part of their campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 85611 (Elgin, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, AZ is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, AZ 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.6%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85611 (Elgin, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Elgin, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona is very liberal.
Nogales Metro Area is very 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.
Elgin, Arizona: D D D D D 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 85611 (Elgin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $9,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $517 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)