The small town of Paulden, AZ (zip code 86334) is located in Yavapai County and is home to a diverse population of approximately 3,500 people. Despite its size, Paulden has a vibrant political landscape that is reflected in the diversity of its citizens. The City Council of Paulden consists of five members who are elected at-large every two years; it also elects a mayor each year. Local interests are represented on the state level by their legislators in the Arizona House and Senate. When it comes to national elections, the citizens of Paulden are split between Republican and Democratic parties; however, regardless of their party affiliation, all residents have an opportunity to make their voices heard and participate in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 86334 (Paulden, AZ) is strongly conservative.
Yavapai County, AZ is strongly conservative. In Yavapai County, AZ 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yavapai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.5%.
Yavapai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86334 (Paulden, AZ) is strongly conservative.
Paulden, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Yavapai County, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Prescott Valley-Prescott Metro Area is 0.
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.
Paulden, 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 86334 (Paulden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $19,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)