Let's get something straight: there are no "Democratic" polling places in AZ.

[onenote]

There are polling places where both repubs and Democrats vote. They both are having primaries. Where there are long lines, there is no particular reason to think that those in line are not as likely to be repubs waiting to vote in their primary as Democrats. Right now, it appears that turnout is slightly higher for the Repubs than for Democrats.

[reformist2]

1. It lowers the voting numbers of the working poor, who typically vote after work.

[onenote]

7. Which would hurt Clinton and Trump most

based on the income levels reflected in the Ohio exit polls.

And assuming that people weren't motivated to stay in line.

[reformist2]

8. Bernie does best among working voters. Hillary does best with older, retired voters.

[JimDandy]

10. No. Sanders' supporters are the working class voters, young voters, progressives and independents.

Clinton's are the upper class voters, elderly voters, conservative Dems and religious minorities.

That's why AZ, which has closed primaries (no independents can vote), and a huge retired elderly population was Clinton's to lose.

Clinton's campaign knew the majority of her votes would come in the early voting ballots, which the elderly utilize the most. Her campaign has little reason/incentive to be concerned with the long line of voters (working class people) or the voters forced to use provisional ballots (former indies who changed to Dems for the primary) as those are probably mostly Sanders' voters.

The difference in vote percentages will close up in the next day or 2 because of those late and provisional ballots still to come in for Sanders.

[upaloopa]

2. If people are turned away the workers don't know who they intended to vote for

Nobody is committing fraud against Bernie.

[onenote]

3. Of course not.

[frazzled]

4. And everyone standing in line at the closing time of 7 pm got to vote

No matter how long the line was. If you showed up after the polls closed, no dice. That's the way it works in every state I know of. (Though they could have extended hours--but that's the prerogative of the REPUBLICAN Secy of State ... not Hillary Clinton or the DNC).

[hrmjustin]

5. You stop making excuses!

Hillary and Debbie are stealing this. I heard it right here on DU.

Would they lie?

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. It's just a coping mechanism

I wouldn't worry about it too much.

They just got their clock cleaned in Arizona. Obviously, they will invent nonsense to account for it.

[Aerows]

9. Between the bomb threat

the mess up between who was allowed to vote, 60 polling places for a county with 4 million people and running out of ballots for both Republicans and Democrats, Maricopa county sounds like voting was an absolute zoo today.

Republicans always claim that government can do nothing right, and when they get elected, they do everything they can to prove it.