Flagstaff, AZ (86001) is an important political hub for the region. Located in northern Arizona, Flagstaff is a part of Coconino County and its politics have long been influenced by the diverse population that makes up the city. Flagstaff's representatives in government are primarily Democrats, including Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, and State Representative Amber Sturgill. In addition to these elected officials, Flagstaff also has several local political candidates running for office in 2020. These include David Stringer for Coconino County Board of Supervisors District 3, Andres Cano for Mayor of Flagstaff, and Lucy Chavez for City Council Member At-Large Position 2. With such a wide range of choices on the ballot this year, it is clear that citizens of Flagstaff have a variety of options when it comes to who they can support at the polls this November.
The political climate in Zip 86001 (Flagstaff, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Coconino County, AZ is strongly liberal. In Coconino County, AZ 60.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coconino county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.7% to 36.7%.
Coconino county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86001 (Flagstaff, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Flagstaff, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Coconino County, Arizona is strongly liberal.
Flagstaff Metro Area is strongly 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.
Flagstaff, 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 86001 (Flagstaff)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,865 contributions totaling $399,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $462,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,752 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)