Mesa, Arizona is located in Maricopa County and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. As of 2019, the population of Mesa was estimated to be 496,401. It is a rapidly growing city that has seen an increase in diversity over the years. Politically speaking, Mesa is categorized as a Republican stronghold and typically votes for Republican candidates in elections. Currently, there are several local political candidates running for office in Mesa including: Steve Irvin for Mayor, Jack Sellers for City Councilman, and Dina Higgins for Congresswoman. Each candidate has their own platform and vision for making Mesa a better place to live. It will be interesting to see who will win the upcoming election and how their ideas could potentially change the politics of 85205 Mesa, AZ.
The political climate in Zip 85205 (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 85205 (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 85205 (Mesa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 800 contributions totaling $138,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 529 contributions totaling $120,306 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)