Tucson, AZ, located in zip code 85747 is a vibrant city with a strong sense of community and politics. It has been represented by Democrat Raúl Grijalva in the United States House of Representatives since 2003. Grijalva was re-elected in 2018 to serve another two year term. He is actively involved in local issues that affect the daily lives of Tucson residents. Furthermore, the Arizona State Legislature also consists of several representatives from 85747 Tucson including Democrats Kirsten Engel and Randall Friese as well as Republicans David Gowan and Mark Finchem. These state representatives have fought for both local and state level policy changes that have greatly impacted the people and businesses that reside in this area.
The political climate in Zip 85747 (Tucson, AZ) is leaning 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 85747 (Tucson, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Tucson, Arizona is leaning 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 85747 (Tucson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,797 contributions totaling $170,339 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 269 contributions totaling $60,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)