The Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) in 86351 is a small community located in the heart of Arizona. Despite its small size, it has active politics and civic life. Residents are encouraged to participate in local government and be informed on current issues and candidates. There are several local offices including mayor, town council, treasurer, tax collector, and other positions such as planning commissioners or constables that residents can run for. The town council meets regularly to discuss policy initiatives and decisions that affect the entire community. Since its founding in 1962, the Village of Oak Creek set out to provide a safe and enjoyable place for its residents to live and work, and it remains committed to those values today through an involved citizenry.
The political climate in Zip 86351 (Village of Oak Creek (Big Park), AZ) is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, AZ is strongly conservative. In Yavapai County, AZ 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yavapai county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.5%.
Yavapai county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 86351 (Village of Oak Creek (Big Park), AZ) is moderately conservative.
Village of Oak Creek (Big Park), Arizona is moderately conservative.
Yavapai County, Arizona is strongly conservative.
Prescott Valley-Prescott Metro Area is 0.
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.
Village of Oak Creek (Big Park), Arizona: R R R R R R
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 86351 (Village of Oak Creek (Big Park))
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,946 contributions totaling $194,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 584 contributions totaling $131,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)