The city of Safford, Arizona is located in Graham County and is home to a population of 9,558 as of the 2018 census. This small town is an agricultural center for its surrounding area and provides a variety of services for its citizens. Politics within the city limits are governed by the Safford City Council which consists of a Mayor who presides over five council members. The Mayor is elected every two years and each council member serves terms that last for four years. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for making decisions that affect the people of this small city such as creating ordinances, adopting budgets, setting taxes, supervising construction projects, determining zoning laws, and approving personnel policies. The City Council also works closely with other departments in the city government such as public safety, health services, parks and recreation, planning and development, finance and more. The current mayor is Jason Koutsoukos who was appointed in 2019 after his predecessor's retirement. With his leadership comes a new era of progress within the city aimed at improving infrastructure while maintaining affordable housing cost for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 85546 (Safford, AZ) is strongly conservative.
Graham County, AZ is very conservative. In Graham County, AZ 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.8%.
Graham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85546 (Safford, AZ) is strongly conservative.
Safford, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Graham County, Arizona is very conservative.
Safford Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Safford, Arizona: R R R R R R
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 85546 (Safford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $3,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $18,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)