The politics in 85024 Phoenix, AZ is largely influenced by the city of Phoenix. The City of Phoenix is composed of eight council members that are elected from districts within the city. They work together to pass laws and regulations on important topics such as public safety, transportation, and zoning. Additionally, there are other organizations that have an influence on local politics like the Chamber of Commerce and regional planning organizations. All these groups help to shape the political climate in 85024 Phoenix, AZ through their involvement in issues regarding taxes, development projects, public services, and more. Although there is no single representative for this area of Phoenix at the state or federal level, all members of the community still have a say in how politics are shaped within 85024 by participating in local elections and using their voice to provide input on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 85024 (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 85024 (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 85024 (Phoenix)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 885 contributions totaling $92,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $21,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)