Tucson, AZ is located in the 85716 zip code and has a vibrant political landscape. The city is served by the Tucson City Council, which consists of seven elected members who represent specific wards of the city. The Mayor of Tucson is Regina Romero, who was elected in 2019. Tucson also has two representatives in the Arizona State Legislature: Kirsten Engel (D-Tucson) and Randy Friese (D-Tucson). Both Engel and Friese are members of the Democratic Party. In addition to local government, Tucsonans are also active participants in state, regional and national politics. In 2020, Tucson was a key swing state that helped Joe Biden win the presidency. As a whole, residents of 85716 are largely supportive of progressive policies that promote social justice, economic opportunity and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 85716 (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 85716 (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 85716 (Tucson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,742 contributions totaling $790,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 570 contributions totaling $708,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)