The politics of 85638 Tombstone, AZ is filled with debate and discussion. This small city is a historical landmark in the state of Arizona, and has a long history of political discourse among its citizens. Local government officials strive to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and taken into consideration as decisions are made that affect the community. The current mayor of Tombstone is Mary Ann Ortega, who was elected in 2019 following a closely contested election. The city council consists of five members, all of whom were elected in 2018. As such, they are responsible for making decisions regarding taxes, public services, infrastructure projects, and other important issues. Additionally, the local communities have formed organizations to advocate for their interests and perspectives on various topics.
The political climate in Zip 85638 (Tombstone, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Cochise County, AZ is moderately conservative. In Cochise County, AZ 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cochise county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.1%.
Cochise county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85638 (Tombstone, AZ) is moderately conservative.
Tombstone, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Cochise County, Arizona is moderately conservative.
Sierra Vista-Douglas Metro Area is moderately 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.
Tombstone, 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 85638 (Tombstone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $3,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)