The 85283 zip code is located in Tempe, Arizona, which is a college town home to the main campus of Arizona State University. As such, it is a diverse community with many different interests and needs. Politically speaking, Tempe has traditionally been a Democratic-leaning city, having seen multiple consecutive Democratic mayors since the mid-1990s. The current mayor of Tempe is Mark Mitchell, who was re-elected in 2016 and continues to serve the area well. On a national level, Tempe constituents are primarily represented by Democratic members of both the United States House of Representatives and Senate. Overall, Tempe elections tend to be highly competitive and fiercely contested due to its large student population and other demographics that often divide on various issues. It can be said that Tempe politics are more progressive than most areas in the state of Arizona, though not necessarily on every issue.
The political climate in Zip 85283 (Tempe, AZ) is leaning liberal.
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 85283 (Tempe, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Tempe, Arizona is leaning liberal.
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.
Tempe, 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 85283 (Tempe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,204 contributions totaling $454,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $54,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)