Mesa, Arizona is located in Maricopa County and has a population of over 500,000 people. The city is split up into six districts which each have their own elected representatives on the Mesa City Council. These representatives are responsible for making decisions about local governance, such as taxes and budgets. Issues that affect the entire county, like transportation or economic development, are discussed by Mesa's two representatives on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. In addition to these local offices, Mesa residents also elect representatives to serve in the Arizona State Legislature and United States Congress. In 2017, all incumbents were re-elected in the 85202 zip code area after no challengers qualified for the ballot. With strong leaders at both the local and federal levels of government, Mesa continues to be a growing and vibrant community in Arizona.
The political climate in Zip 85202 (Mesa, AZ) is leaning liberal.
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 85202 (Mesa, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Mesa, Arizona is leaning liberal.
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.
Mesa, 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 85202 (Mesa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,395 contributions totaling $61,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $22,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)