The politics in 85726, Tucson, AZ are heavily influenced by the diversity and size of its population. The area is part of the larger city of Tucson, which has a population of around 540,000 people. The city is known for its progressive policies on immigration rights, environmental protection, and LGBTQ+ rights. The current mayor is Regina Romero, who was elected in 2019 as the first Latina mayor of a major US city. She advocates for issues that reflect her commitment to social justice, including an increased minimum wage and improved public transit services. Additionally, the City Council consists of seven members who are chosen through an at-large election process representing all parts of Tucson. These council members focus on advocating for the needs and wishes of their constituents while maintaining fiscal responsibility with taxpayer funds.
The political climate in Zip 85726 (Tucson, AZ) is somewhat 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 85726 (Tucson, AZ) is somewhat liberal.
Tucson, Arizona is somewhat 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 85726 (Tucson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $7,888 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $50,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,497 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)