The politics in 85375 Sun City West, AZ affect the everyday lives of the many residents that call this city home. Sun City West is part of the Maricopa County and has a population of over 35,000 people. Although the area is governed by Maricopa County, the local elected officials play an important role in representing the interests of their constituents. The current Mayor is Sharon Wolcott and there are five members of the Town Council who work together to ensure that all the needs of citizens are met. Additionally, many different organizations work hard to help shape policies that will benefit residents while also advocating for local businesses and economic growth. Through these efforts, Sun City West remains an active and engaged community with a thriving economy.
The political climate in Zip 85375 (Sun City West, 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 85375 (Sun City West, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Sun City West, 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.
Sun City West, 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 85375 (Sun City West)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,404 contributions totaling $104,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,903 contributions totaling $398,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)