Rio Verde, Arizona is a small rural community located in the zip code 85263. It is a tight-knit community that is home to many hardworking individuals and families. The local politics in this area are largely determined by local ballot initiatives, such as bond issues and tax measures. Every year, residents of Rio Verde are invited to participate in local elections as they have an opportunity to decide on important issues that will affect their everyday lives. In addition to local ballot initiatives and initiatives, Rio Verde also elects representatives for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors which oversee county operations across the entire county. The people of Rio Verde take their civic duty seriously and proudly participate in all levels of decision making, from local municipal elections to state-wide races.
The political climate in Zip 85263 (Rio Verde, AZ) is leaning conservative.
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 85263 (Rio Verde, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Rio Verde, Arizona is leaning conservative.
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.
Rio Verde, 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 85263 (Rio Verde)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 501 contributions totaling $68,049 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 312 contributions totaling $79,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)