ARIZONA | 11
Electoral Votes |
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Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Arizona Secretary of State)
Arizona has: 15 counties. Two largest counties: Maricopa, Pima. Six largest cities: Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Glendale, Scottsdale. Note: 60.2-percent of registered voters are in Maricopa County. Government
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State
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Democratic Party Arizona
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Voting Eligible Population*: 4,738,332 VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.3%. Registration: Rep. 1,239,614 (34.54%) Dem. 1,091,323 (30.41%) Lib. 31,358 (0.87%) Other 1,219,277 (33.98%) Grn. 6,894 (0.19%) ...Total 3,588,466. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 10, 2016. Early Voting Begins: Oct. 12, 2016. |
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Overview:
Democrats had not
carried Arizona in the presidential race since 1996, but the Clinton
campaign made a play for the state, including staff on the
ground, TV ads, and several late visits. The Republican ticket nonetheless won the
state by 91,234 votes (3.54 percentage points), carrying 11 counties to
four for Clinton-Kaine (Apache, Coconino, Pima and Santa Cruz). With the benefit of hindsight, many
pundits questioned the
Democrats' investment here, saying they should have focused on
top-tier battleground states. Officials in Maricopa County made improvements after "completely unacceptable" long lines and confusion marked the March 22 presidential primary (+, PDF). General Election Visits [SOS | parties] Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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USEP: Voting Age Pop.: 5,134,596. Voting Eligible Pop.:
4,874,592. Total Ballots Cast:
1,095,111 [D 468,461 R 625,770 O 880]. VEP Turnout Rate: 23.5%. Registration: Rep. 1,131,838 (34.32%) Dem. 952,527 (28.88%) Lib. 25,333 (0.77%) Other 1,883,800 (35.90%) Grn. 4,382 (0.13%) Am. 500 (0.02%) Total 3,297,880. |
Democrats 85 Delegates: 50 District, 16 At-Large, 9 PLEO, 10 Unpledged. Details |
Republicans 58 Delegates: 3 RNC, 34 At-Large, 21 by CD (3 x 7 CD). Details |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Bush 38.47% |
Clinton 46.52% |
Bush 51.02% |
Bush 54.87% |
McCain 53.64% |
Romney 53.65% |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 4,360,076. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 52.9%. Registration: Rep. 1,120,992 (35.88%) Dem. 952,931 (30.50%) Lib. 22,086 (0.71%) Other 1,023,603 (32.76%) Grn. 4,863 Am. 237 ...Total 3,124,712. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 9, 2012. Early Voting Begins: Oct.11, 2012. |
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2012
Overview The Obama campaign made some noise about Arizona being in play (+), and worked to register voters, but in the end did not fully engage. When the votes were counted the result was similar to in 2008; the Romney/Ryan ticket won with a plurality of 208,422 votes (9.06 percentage points), carrying 11 counties to four for Obama/Biden. General Election Details Obama | (Romney) BALLOT [PDF] |
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Voting eligible population*: 4,096,006. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.0%. Early voting began Oct. 2, 2008. Early ballots requested: 1,347,428. Early ballots returned: 1,233,333. Early ballots counted: 1,227,267...this is 52.88% of the 2,320,951 ballots cast. Registration: Rep. 1,118,587 (37.44%) Dem. 1,022,252 (34.22%) Lib. 18,153 (0.61%) Other 824,450 (27.60%) Grn. 4,009 ...Total 2,987,451 + |
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2008
Overview Sen. McCain won his home state, although the Obama campaign ran some late ads here. Also of note, Republicans' registration advantage had been reduced from 5.33 percentage points (140,988) in Nov. 2004 to 3.22 percentage points (96,335) in Nov. 2008. (+) Nonetheless the McCain-Palin ticket carried 11 counties to four for Obama-Biden, gaining a plurality of 195,404 votes (8.52 percentage points). Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 3,717,055. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 54.1%. Early voting began Sept. 30, 2004. Early ballots requested: 938,409. Early ballots returned: 839,714. Early ballots counted: 830,455...this is 40.75% of the 2,038,069 ballots cast. Registration: Rep. 1,055,252 (39.92%), Dem. 914,264 (34.59%), Lib. 18,261 (0.69%), Other 655,554 (24.80%) ...Total 2,643,331. |
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2004
Overview Although Arizona was classified as a battleground state, Bush more than doubled his plurality, winning by 210,770 votes (10.47 percentage points). 480,569 more votes were cast in the presidential race in 2004 than in 2000, a 31.4% increase. As in 2000 Bush carried 11 counties including the largest, Maricopa County, while the Democratic ticket won in four counties (Apache and Coconino in the North and Pima and Santa Cruz in the South) (results by county). General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
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Voting Eligible Population*:
3,357,701. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 45.6%. Arizona had the third lowest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population after Hawaii and Nevada. Early ballots requested: 643,987. Early ballots counted: 578,215...this is 37.08% of the 1,559,520 ballots cast. Registration: Rep. 942,078 (43.35%) Dem. 830,904 (38.24%) Lib. 12,576 (0.58%) Grn. 3,807 (0.18%) NLP 101 (0.00%) Reform 1,588 (0.07%) Other 382,068 (16.66%) ...Total 2,173,122. |
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2000
Overview In the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections, Arizona ended up as one of the closest states; Bush won by about 30,000 votes or less than 3% in 1992 and Clinton won by about 30,000 votes or less than 3% in 1996. This time around the state went a bit more solidly back into the Republican column as Gov. Bush won with a plurality of 96,311 votes (6.29 percentage points). Libertarian Harry Browne was kept off the ballot in the state where he achieved his strongest 1996 showing because of a conflict that split the state party into two factions. In addition to candidate races, Arizona voters faced 14 propositions on the Nov. 7 ballot. General Election Activity |
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