Bagdad, AZ is a small town located in the Yavapai County of Arizona. With a population of 1,876 people, the town is governed by a five-member Town Council and Mayor. The Town Council is responsible for determining the community鈥檚 budget and spending, as well as approving projects and initiatives proposed by the Mayor. As an elected official, the Mayor serves as Bagdad鈥檚 head of government and presides over all Town Council meetings. The town also has two local political candidates who are running for office in the upcoming election cycle: Steven Keilberg, who is running to be mayor, and John Sauerbrey, who is vying for a seat on the Town Council. Both candidates have laid out their respective platforms and are advocating for change within Bagdad that aligns with their beliefs. They have been engaging in campaigning activities such as attending public events and debates to get their message out to voters. With both Keilberg and Sauerbrey competing for political positions in Bagdad, it will be interesting to see how this upcoming election cycle plays out for the small town in Arizona's Yavapai County.
The political climate in Bagdad, 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
Bagdad, AZ 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.
Bagdad, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bagdad, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,537 contributions totaling $424,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,271 contributions totaling $236,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)