Fortuna Foothills, AZ is a small town in Yuma County located along the Colorado River. While it is not heavily populated, it is an interesting location politically. This area votes overwhelmingly Republican and the local races are often fiercely contested between parties. Local candidates focus on issues such as public infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. Even though it is not a large city, the politics of Fortuna Foothills remain an important part of the town's culture and identity. Political discourse in this small town can be lively at times, as local residents passionately debate various topics and strive to get their preferred candidates elected to represent them in City Hall.
The political climate in Fortuna Foothills, AZ is leaning conservative.
Yuma County, AZ is leaning conservative. In Yuma County, AZ 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yuma county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 46.0%.
Yuma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fortuna Foothills, AZ is leaning conservative.
Yuma County, Arizona is leaning conservative.
Yuma Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Fortuna Foothills, 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 Fortuna Foothills, AZ
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 886 contributions totaling $172,085 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 878 contributions totaling $159,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)