Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2018 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2008–20247 cycles · 4 audited
2024 turnout
82.7%40,226 participants ÷ 48,652 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+34.4 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+17.3 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
48.3%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%100%
73.7%
58.2%
2008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
40,226
48,652 ± 1,132
82.7%
Audited
E/A
2022Mid
24,219
41,592 ± 1,111
58.2%
Audited
E/A
32,202
34,777 ± 1,317
92.6%
Audited
E/A
2018Mid
16,570
22,491 ± 706
73.7%
Audited
E/A
17,916
18,296
97.9%
Derived
—
12,080
15,441
78.2%
Derived
—
10,054
11,660
86.2%
Derived
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Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2008, 2012, 2016) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
presidential history
Party record book
Queen Creek, AZ · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
30.9%
9,848 votes · R+36.8
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 30.4%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
71.4%
6,103 votes · R+43.1
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 70.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
12,080votes
30.4% of the vote · R+38.3
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 9,848 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
27,304votes
68.8% of the vote · R+38.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,575 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−36.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+38.3 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · −40.7 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+46.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+43.0 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +46.6 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Queen Creek · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Queen Creek, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Queen Creek has nearly tripled in population since 2010, making it one of Arizona's fastest-expanding municipalities. That rapid in-migration has introduced a more heterogeneous electorate into what was long a reliably conservative corner of Maricopa County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 43.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.3 points.
A population of 71,867, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $141,978 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of League City and Friendswood.
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Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Queen Creek, Arizona voted Republican by 38.3 points (R+38.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 39,706 votes cast, 12,080 went Democratic and 27,304 went Republican.
How many people live in Queen Creek, Arizona?
Queen Creek, Arizona has a population of 71,867 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Queen Creek, Arizona?
Median household income in Queen Creek, Arizona is $141,978 — above the national median of $80,734. The Arizona state median is $79,964.
What is the political history of Queen Creek, Arizona?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Queen Creek, Arizona from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
