Poll: Clinton edges Trump in deep-red Arizona

[riversedge]

Source: The Hill




October 14, 2016, 02:48 pm
Poll: Clinton edges Trump in deep-red Arizona

By Jonathan Easley



A new survey says Hillary Clinton has edged ahead of White House rival Donald Trump in deep-red Arizona, a state the Democratic nominee for president has only carried once in the last 64 years.

A poll from Data Orbital released on Friday finds Clinton (D) with 43 percent support among likely voters and Trump (R) with 42 percent — within the survey's margin of error. Six percent say they’re undecided, and 5 percent support Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson.

That’s in line with other recent polls of Arizona showing the state is a toss-up with 25 days to go until the election.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/301071-poll-clinton-edges-trump-in-deep-red-arizona

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This would be sweet icing on the cake

[geomon666]

1. Holy shit

The fact that this is even possible (I doubt Arizona will go blue) is amazing.

[riversedge]

2. Agree.

[JonLP24]

3. Arizona's registered voters are split into thirds

With the majority being independents. Also when it comes to congressional districts Democrats have a 5/4 edge.

State is not that "deep" red. If it wasn't for Maricopa county Republicans would have a hard time carrying the state.

On edit: Independents here however have a lower turnout rate than either registered Democrats or Republicans but still each party has about 30% of registered voters.

[whatthehey]

4. R+9/10 last 3 times is pretty red though.

[JonLP24]

5. Demographics are changing

From 2012 (I can't copy and paste so scroll down to "bottom line&quot
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/why-arizona-isnt-a-battleground-state-and-why-it-may-be-soon/

Trump's anti hispanic rhetoric among other reasons why Arizona is in this position.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. .....heh.......

[TonyPDX]

7. Arizonans know deep down that Trump would be awful for the country.

I hope they'll choose wisely on November 8th.