Show Low, AZ 85901 is an interesting political climate. It is a small city in the Northern Arizona mountains that has traditionally leaned conservative. Recently, though, the city has seen a shift towards more progressive ideologies and candidates. The most recent election saw the election of new voices to local office, including one Democratic candidate for mayor. There has been a push for increased representation from minorities in local politics as well, with several Latinx and Native American candidates running for office in recent years. There are also some independent candidates who have had success in local races. Despite its traditional leanings, Show Low is proving to be a politically diverse area with growing progressive influence.
The political climate in Zip 85901 (Show Low, AZ) is somewhat conservative.
Navajo County, AZ is leaning conservative. In Navajo County, AZ 45.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Navajo county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 45.0%.
Navajo county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85901 (Show Low, AZ) is somewhat conservative.
Show Low, Arizona is somewhat conservative.
Navajo County, Arizona is leaning conservative.
Show Low Metro Area is leaning 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.
Show Low, 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 85901 (Show Low)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 177 contributions totaling $14,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $34,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)