The politics in 86028 Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ is often influenced by the state of Arizona. All political decisions that are made in this area must adhere to the laws and regulations set by the state. This includes elections, referendums, and any other issues that come up related to local politics. The main political party in power in this area is the Republican Party. However, there are also some smaller independent political parties as well that have members who live in the area and are often active in local politics. There are no current local political candidates representing this area as it is a national park and does not have an elected representative. Instead, citizens will rely on their representatives from the state level to advocate for them on any local matters.
The political climate in Zip 86028 (Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Apache County, AZ is very liberal. In Apache County, AZ 66.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Apache county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.0% to 32.4%.
Apache county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86028 (Petrified Forest Natl Pk, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Petrified Forest Natl Pk, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Apache County, Arizona is very liberal.
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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.
Petrified Forest Natl Pk, Arizona: D D D D D 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 86028 (Petrified Forest Natl Pk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)