The city of 85210 Mesa, Arizona is a vibrant and diverse community with a rich political history. Although there are no specific local political candidates in the area, the city is home to state and federal representatives that work to ensure that the needs of Mesa's citizens are met. In recent years, several initiatives have been introduced to promote better transparency between government officials and their constituents. These efforts have included open public forums for citizens to voice their opinions, as well as additional training for elected officials on topics such as responsible spending and budgeting. Additionally, the city recently implemented a redistricting plan in response to population growth, which ensures that all of Mesa's citizens are fairly represented.
The political climate in Zip 85210 (Mesa, 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 85210 (Mesa, AZ) is leaning liberal.
Mesa, 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.
Mesa, 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 85210 (Mesa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 851 contributions totaling $51,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $235,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $975 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)