Politics in Goodyear, AZ 85338 are heavily influenced by the Arizona state government. Goodyear is located in Maricopa County, which is a swing county in the state and often holds some of the most contested elections. The city of Goodyear has its own local government, consisting of an elected Mayor and Council members. These officials make decisions on local issues such as public safety, zoning, economic development, water resources, and quality of life. Recent elections have seen increasing levels of involvement from the citizens of Goodyear in local politics as they become more aware of the impact that their voices can have on their community. This increased engagement helps to ensure that the best interests of all citizens are taken into consideration when making important decisions for the city.
The political climate in Zip 85338 (Goodyear, 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 85338 (Goodyear, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Goodyear, 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.
Goodyear, 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 85338 (Goodyear)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 948 contributions totaling $52,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 552 contributions totaling $81,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)