The city of 85208 Mesa, AZ is part of the larger Maricopa County, an area known for its diverse political landscape. The county has elected both Republican and Democratic candidates to represent it in the United States House of Representatives and Senate. While local representatives are not always easily identifiable, there are some well-known figures in Mesa. Representative Paul Gosar is the current representative for Arizona’s 4th Congressional District which includes 85208 Mesa, AZ. Additionally, State Senator Sean Bowie represents the area as a Democrat in the Arizona Legislature representing Legislative District 18. The City of Mesa also boasts many local institutions such as City Council and Public Safety Commission that provide representation at the city level. Overall, 85208 Mesa, AZ has a wide range of different voices to ensure that the needs and desires of its citizens are heard on a variety of levels both statewide and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 85208 (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 85208 (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 85208 (Mesa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 666 contributions totaling $29,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 507 contributions totaling $60,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)