Tucson, AZ 85712 is located in Pima County, which is home to a diverse array of political candidates. The county’s political landscape ranges from Democrats to Republicans, Libertarians, and Green Party candidates. Currently serving as mayor of Tucson is Regina Romero, who was elected in 2019 as the first Latina mayor for the city. The city council is comprised of seven members representing districts in Tucson, as well as an additional two at-large members. In addition to local politicians, the county also has one representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and two senators in the U.S Senate. Pima County is known for its progressive policies on issues ranging from gun control to environmental protection and social justice reforms. Voters in this region tend to be passionate about their politics and make their voices heard at local polls and through other forms of civic engagement such as protests and rallies.
The political climate in Zip 85712 (Tucson, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Pima County, AZ is moderately liberal. In Pima County, AZ 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pima county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 39.8%.
Pima county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85712 (Tucson, AZ) is moderately liberal.
Tucson, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Pima County, Arizona is moderately liberal.
Tucson Metro Area is moderately 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.
Tucson, Arizona: d d d d D 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 85712 (Tucson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,484 contributions totaling $296,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $281,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $635 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)