The politics in Phoenix, AZ 85028 are varied and expansive. This area is part of the Maricopa County which largely votes Democratic in local elections. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors represents this area with five elected supervisors overseeing the executive and legislative functions of county government. Phoenix also has a Mayor and City Council who lead the city's legislative, executive, and judicial functions as well as oversee the city's budget, services, contracts, public works projects and more. On the state level , Arizona is represented by two Senators in the US Senate: Kyrsten Sinema (D) and Martha McSally (R). These two senators represent residents of Phoenix when voting on issues that affect their daily lives at both state and federal levels.
The political climate in Zip 85028 (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 85028 (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 85028 (Phoenix)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,901 contributions totaling $413,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 830 contributions totaling $434,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)