The politics of 85363 Youngtown, AZ is an important and interesting subject to explore. The city of Youngtown is located in Maricopa County and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. As such, it is subject to both the Arizona state government as well as the larger county government. At the state level, voters from this area are represented by a number of elected officials, including a governor, senators, and representatives in both the House and Senate. Additionally, youngtown has its own City Council which consists of elected officials who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of their constituents. On the local level, candidates run for positions such as Mayor, City Councilman or woman and Vice-Mayor. The Mayor serves as a leader that sets goals and vision for the community while city council members serve to represent their districts and vote on matters concerning the city as a whole. Election results are closely watched throughout Youngtown due to the direct impact they have on residents lives through policy decisions made at each level of government.
The political climate in Zip 85363 (Youngtown, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Maricopa County, AZ is leaning liberal. In Maricopa County, AZ 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maricopa county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.1% to 48.0%.
Maricopa county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 85363 (Youngtown, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Youngtown, Arizona is leaning liberal.
Maricopa County, Arizona is leaning liberal.
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metro Area is leaning 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.
Youngtown, Arizona: R R R R r 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 85363 (Youngtown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $3,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $7,611 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)