Surprise, AZ 85379 is a culturally rich and diverse city with an active local political atmosphere. The city is represented by elected officials in various positions at the Municipal, County, and State levels. At the municipal level, Surprise is governed by a Mayor and five council members which are all elected for four-year terms. In addition to these positions, the city also has a number of other offices such as City Manager, Treasurer/Finance Director, City Clerk and City Engineer that are filled on an appointed basis by the Mayor and Council. At the county level, Surprise is in Maricopa County's District 2 which is occupied by Steve Chucri who was first elected in 2012. At the state level, Surprise is part of Arizona’s Legislative District 21 and occupied by Senator Tony Navarrete and Representatives Robert Meza and Kelli Butler who have been in office since 2017. Through these representatives, the citizens of Surprise can make their voices heard on important state issues such as education funding or environmental legislation. Overall, politics in 85379 Surprise AZ are vibrant and dynamic with many opportunities for local citizens to get involved in making their community better!
The political climate in Zip 85379 (Surprise, 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 85379 (Surprise, AZ) is leaning conservative.
Surprise, 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.
Surprise, 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 85379 (Surprise)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 705 contributions totaling $43,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $30,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)