An Arizona lawmaker says GOP "extremism" has led many state voters to increasingly back Democrats.
"The Republican party has become extreme in the age of Trumpism," the state senator told Politico.
Arizona in recent years has become a hotly-contested swing state up and down the ballot.
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In recent years, Arizona — after decades as a GOP bastion — has emerged as one of the most prominent electoral prizes for Democrats.
President Joe Biden won Arizona in 2020, the first time that a Democratic presidential nominee had carried the state since 1996. Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly won a special election for his seat in 2020 and then won a full term in 2022. And Katie Hobbs was elected to the governorship in 2022, the first time that a Democrat had won the post since 2006.
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dormidormit on April 27th, 2024 at 22:23 UTC »
Arizona has transitioned from a rural rancher and cowboy economy to an industrial tech economy around aerospace manufacturing and mining, which hires smart people who have college degrees and skilled unionized labor. Both of these groups tend to be well-to-do homeowners that absolutely do not want the government basing it's power on violence and not rule of law. All people want is stable, sane, sober government - if Arizona Republicans won't provide that, they will die the same death the California GOP also did. Then there is the state's growing hispanic population, which will grow much larger due to abortion being banned. Zero attempts are made to solicit them and the party wants to revoke their citizenship for armed, violent eviction.
AZ will go a moderate blue in the same way New Mexico has, and Texas eventually too. Not necessarily due to the strength of liberal arguments, but due to a lack of competent management within the GOP.
stewart_trawets on April 27th, 2024 at 21:43 UTC »
Biden will win Arizona again
Necessary_Row_1261 on April 27th, 2024 at 21:38 UTC »
She is exactly right.