2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Trump effect: Could Arizona go blue for the first time in 20 years?
Still, Clinton has hired Rodd McLeod, who ran former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffordss campaigns here, as state director for the general election. He is recruiting half a dozen staffers, according to local Democratic officials, while the state partys coordinated campaign has deployed a field staff of about 70.
The Clinton team is assessing trends in Arizona to determine whether to make greater investments here, and officials were cagey when asked to detail their strategy. In a statement, Marlon Marshall, the director of state campaigns and political engagement, stuck to the Clinton campaigns national talking points: Were hearing real doubts from voters in Arizona about Donald Trumps plans for a deportation force and his dangerous agenda on national security.
Clintons footprint appears to be greater than Trumps. His state director, Charles Munoz, is based in Nevada, and a visit last week to Trump headquarters in Mesa revealed little evidence of an active campaign. There was one worker eating lunch at his desk, a roomful of empty cubicles and, other than a small pile of plastic yard signs, no Trump paraphernalia, brochures or fliers. The GOPs coordinated campaign has only one staffer, though party officials boast of an active volunteer corps and plans to soon open 14 offices.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-trump-effect-could-arizona-go-blue-for-the-first-time-in-20-years/2016/06/18/a1ffe53e-34aa-11e6-8758-d58e76e11b12_story.html
brooklynite
(93,878 posts)It is certainly possible to pick off McCain; I'm not sure the ground is set for an EV win, but it sounds as though Trump may be helping things out...
deathrind
(1,786 posts)HRC is far enough to the right that Az could certainly go purple.
KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)If Arizona voted for Clinton over Trump, that would be a shift to the left since Clinton is quite liberal.
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)Rather annoying, really.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)azmom
(5,208 posts)LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)You're right about the rank-and-file, but there are a lot of moderate Republican women who despise Trump, and the prospect of a woman president just might tip enough of them.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Voting booths are private for a reason.