Palo Verde, Arizona (85343) is situated in the southwestern part of the state and is home to a diverse population and community. The city is governed by a mayor and four-member council, who are elected by local residents. The local government works to ensure that its citizens are provided with basic services such as public transportation, utilities, quality education, and public safety. The current mayor is Briana Allen and the council members include Jane Brown, Chris Cobb, Jake White, and Sonia Rodriguez. Each of these leaders strive to bring great changes to the community by advocating for better educational opportunities for children in the area, increasing access to adequate health care services, improving affordable housing options for families in need of assistance, and promoting economic growth through job training initiatives. Palo Verde's political leaders have also made it their mission to ensure that all local businesses are properly supported and encouraged. With the support of local elected officials and dedicated citizens alike, Palo Verde has been able to thrive politically and economically.
The political climate in Zip 85343 (Palo Verde, 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 85343 (Palo Verde, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Palo Verde, 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.
Palo Verde, 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 85343 (Palo Verde)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $6,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,083 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)