San Carlos, AZ 85550 is a small city located in Gila County with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and four council members that are elected to represent the residents of San Carlos. The current mayor is Mary Smith who was elected in 2020 and has served for two terms. The four council members are Tom Peterson, John Davis, Jane Smith, and Robert Sanders who serve on various committees related to the town's political decisions such as budgeting, public safety, and development policies. Each of these representatives strive to make sure that San Carlos is in compliance with state laws while providing sound fiscal policy for the community. Additionally the town has had several initiatives over the past few years that have improved infrastructure and quality of life such as road repairs and new businesses opening up in town. Overall San Carlos is an example for other towns in Arizona on how local politics can benefit their communities.
The political climate in Zip 85550 (San Carlos, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Gila County, AZ is very conservative. In Gila County, AZ 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gila county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.2%.
Gila county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85550 (San Carlos, AZ) is moderately conservative.
San Carlos, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Gila County, Arizona is very conservative.
Payson 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.
San Carlos, 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 85550 (San Carlos)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $20,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,340 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $8,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)