Fort Apache, AZ is a small rural town located in the northeastern part of Arizona. It has a population of approximately 85926 people and belongs to Apache County. Despite its size, the town has an active political environment with numerous local candidates vying for office each election season. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to vote for the mayor and members of city council, who are responsible for making decisions about Fort Apache’s future. Local politicians are also heavily involved in issues related to public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. In addition to these primary roles, Fort Apache's elected officials work with state and federal representatives on initiatives such as expanding healthcare access and supporting local businesses. Through their efforts, they strive to ensure that the interests of their constituents are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 85926 (Fort Apache, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Navajo County, AZ is leaning conservative. In Navajo County, AZ 45.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Navajo county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 45.0%.
Navajo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85926 (Fort Apache, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Fort Apache, Arizona is leaning conservative.
Navajo County, Arizona is leaning conservative.
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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.
Fort Apache, 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 85926 (Fort Apache)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $77 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)