The small town of Vail, AZ, located in 85641, has a population of approximately 5,500 people. The town is governed by a council/manager form of government with five elected members who function as the governing body for the city and oversee the activities of the City Manager. Local political candidates are not mentioned in this context; however, residents have the opportunity to vote in local elections and choose leaders who represent their community. Elections are held every two years and citizens can go to the polls to decide who will serve their best interests. In addition to these municipal elections, citizens may also be able to participate in state and federal elections when they are held.
The political climate in Zip 85641 (Vail, 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 85641 (Vail, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Vail, 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.
Vail, 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 85641 (Vail)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,424 contributions totaling $209,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $57,522 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)