The politics of 85044 Phoenix, AZ are highly contested and varied. The area is part of Phoenix's 8th Congressional District and is represented in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Debbie Lesko. At the state level, 85044 Phoenix, AZ is a part of Arizona's Legislative District 21 which is presently represented by Republican Anthony Kern, Republican Shawnna Bolick, and Democrat Jennifer Pawlik. On the local level, the citizens of 85044 are represented by eight members on the Phoenix Council - one Mayor and seven council members all elected to four-year terms. Politically speaking, 85044 lies within Maricopa County, which typically votes more conservatively than other parts of Arizona. This has made it an important battleground for many elections over the years.
The political climate in Zip 85044 (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 85044 (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 85044 (Phoenix)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,056 contributions totaling $298,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 712 contributions totaling $252,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)