The 85295 zip code in Gilbert, AZ is represented by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors and the Arizona State Legislature. The county board consists of 5 members who make decisions that affect the entire county. The state legislature is made up of 30 representatives from different districts who are responsible for creating and passing legislation. Politically, the area is dominated by Republicans with a few registered Democrats in the mix. Local elections usually revolve around issues such as taxes, education, health care and economic development. Candidates running for office focus on advocating for their constituents and fulfilling their campaign promises. Additionally, local political action committees such as the Maricopa County Libertarian Party and East Valley Patriots hold regular meetings to discuss important topics. All these efforts contribute to ensuring that residents of 85295 Gilbert have their voices heard in local and state politics.
The political climate in Zip 85295 (Gilbert, AZ) is leaning conservative.
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 85295 (Gilbert, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Gilbert, Arizona is leaning conservative.
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.
Gilbert, 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 85295 (Gilbert)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 651 contributions totaling $36,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 403 contributions totaling $178,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)