2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDemocrats make a play to turn Arizona blue
PHOENIX It has been two decades since Arizonas red-state status was in doubt in a presidential election. But that was before Donald Trump and his build-a-border-wall platform won the GOP primary and inflamed anti-Republican sentiment among Latino voters.
Trumps campaign is dispatching vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence to the state for two public events, a tangible sign of Republicans concern that Arizona could be competitive this year while local Democrats, thinking along the same lines, are intensely lobbying Hillary Clintons campaign and national Democratic groups for the resources to help make it happen.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/arizona-clinton-trump-blue-226536#ixzz4GBpQwzEW
unblock
(52,221 posts)but it will be sweet to add to clinton's margin of victory!
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)We have two nearly indestructible Republican blocs here; the Sun-City vote, and the Mormon vote. They're not huge, but they're a consistent couple of percentage points at the ballot box, and that's what regularly skews us to the right.
If we really get out the Democratic vote this time, and we get enough apathy and crossovers, we could do it.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)judging by the numbers coming out of Utah.
Gee maybe a serial adulterer with 5 children from 3 wives who cheats people out of their money and disrespects the military isn't particularly attractive to them?
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)They'll take him for the Republican control.
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)Johnson has very high numbers in Utah. And in the case of AZ (and UT), Johnson votes are DEFINITELY coming out of Trump's total.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)we have a chance, but it will be up to us AZ Democrats to get out and vote, which, historically, we don't do very well.
kimbutgar
(21,144 posts)And told me she has only encountered one person voting for Cheeto. The other widows in her group are for Hillary.
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)the Rethugs.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512335433
AZ (and all other red states) could do the same.
Make it happen!
kimbutgar
(21,144 posts)Qutzupalotl
(14,311 posts)to Latino-heavy Arizona. You can guess why.
BumRushDaShow
(128,963 posts)I happened to briefly flick to MSNBC last night when Chris Hayes had Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on and Flake was calmly trashing Trump and said he not only refuses to endorse him but refuses to vote for him. So between him and McCain, AZ is toss-uppy. Turnout might make it pinkish but I don't think it's ready to flip yet like NV and CO did.