Rio Rico, Arizona (zip code 85648) is a rural community located in Santa Cruz County. It is part of the Nogales Metropolitan area and is bordered by Mexico to the south. The politics in Rio Rico are largely focused on issues related to economic development, public safety, and health care. Economic development efforts aim to attract new businesses and create jobs for local residents, while public safety initiatives focus on improving infrastructure such as roads and police forces. In terms of health care, Rio Rico has seen some improvements in recent years with increased access to medical services but still faces disparities compared to other parts of the county. Although there are no local political candidates running for office in Rio Rico at this time, many local residents take an active role in their community through participating in town hall meetings and other civic engagements.
The political climate in Zip 85648 (Rio Rico, AZ) is strongly liberal.
Santa Cruz County, AZ is very liberal. In Santa Cruz County, AZ 67.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Cruz county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.1% to 31.6%.
Santa Cruz county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85648 (Rio Rico, AZ) is strongly liberal.
Rio Rico, Arizona is strongly liberal.
Santa Cruz County, Arizona is very liberal.
Nogales Metro Area is very 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.
Rio Rico, 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 85648 (Rio Rico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $8,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $12,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)