Surprise, Arizona is a bustling city located in the Phoenix metropolitan area and home to more than 132,000 people. The city is represented by Republican Mayor Skip Hall and the Surprise City Council, comprised of four council members and a vice mayor. All are elected officials who serve the residents of Surprise by providing efficient and effective governance. Through various initiatives, they strive to create an economically prosperous and vibrant community with a high quality of life for all its citizens. They have championed efforts such as improved public safety, infrastructure investments, youth services programs, creating job opportunities and enhancing recreational activities. Additionally, they continue to support local businesses by encouraging economic development and supporting small business owners. With these initiatives in place, Surprise provides its residents with a safe and secure environment for them to enjoy their community.
The political climate in Zip 85388 (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 85388 (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 85388 (Surprise)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 376 contributions totaling $16,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $18,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)