Zip 85017 (Phoenix, AZ) Voting


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The 85017 zip code in Phoenix, Arizona is located within Maricopa County and is part of the greater Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area. Politically, this area leans heavily towards the Democratic Party. The elected officials in the area are largely Democrats, including Kyrsten Sinema (U.S. Congresswoman for District 9) and Ruben Gallego (U.S. Congressman for District 7). The current Mayor of Phoenix is Kate Gallego, who has been in office since 2019, and was also a Democrat. Voters in 85017 have recently had their voices heard on local and statewide ballot measures such as raising taxes to support public education programs, increasing wages for workers, and establishing a statewide minimum wage law. The people of 85017 are passionate about their political beliefs and take an active role in electing representatives that share their values.

The political climate in Zip 85017 (Phoenix, 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 85017 (Phoenix, AZ) is leaning liberal.


Phoenix, 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.

Phoenix, 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 85017 (Phoenix)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $20,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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