Morenci, AZ is a small town located in the southeastern corner of Arizona, close to the New Mexico border. It has a rich history and has been around since the late 1800s. The town is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected by the local residents every four years. As of 2019, the population was estimated to be 1,850 inhabitants. The current mayor is Roseanne Lopez-Shank who was elected in 2016 and is committed to improving public safety, promoting economic development and supporting community events. There are several local political candidates vying for election this year and they include Valerie Liscano for Mayor and Scott Leachman, Matthew Smith, Michael Collins, Larry Newbold and Richard Roybal for Council. Each candidate offers unique perspectives on how to best serve Morenci’s residents and help move it forward in terms of progress. The election will take place in November 2020 and it will be interesting to see what changes come as a result of these upcoming local elections.
The political climate in Zip 85540 (Morenci, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Greenlee County, AZ is very conservative. In Greenlee County, AZ 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenlee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.0%.
Greenlee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85540 (Morenci, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Morenci, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Greenlee County, Arizona is very conservative.
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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.
Morenci, Arizona: R R R r R R
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 85540 (Morenci)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,289 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)