Arizona blue-ing

[hellopity]

Originally Posted by mkpunk

I think three things. More Californians in particular blue Californians. #RedForEd movement. Also Trump. I largely went from Red to Blue in 2014. I couldn't vote Ducey based on his plan for schools. Mind you, I wasn't working for a school district at that point. Ducey on education has largely been bad besides 20 by 2020. Trump has changed Republicans and many are souring on the Republican party.

Thanks interesting to know. Thanks for the perspective.

[ottomobeale]

AZ is CA southeast, NV is CA East and CO is CA Northeast.

[Rachel976]

Originally Posted by Chowhound

I hope not. I've heard it's getting purple the last few years. Full blown CA blue. Oh please no. I plan on moving to AZ in the coming years to get away from the hyper-blue CA culture here.

That’s why Arizona is blue-ing. All those liberal Californians fleeing liberal policies there, but bringing their liberal looniness with them.

[Ponderosa]

Originally Posted by MaryoVilla

Is this what you called "bluing" of AZ?

"Still, Mr. Gallego and other Democrats know what formidable odds they have in Arizona. The state has long been a hotbed of conservative activism; it was here that anti-immigrant politicians rose to power in the early 2000s, using the same kind of rhetoric later embraced by Mr. Trump.

The Republican governor, Doug Ducey, easily captured the state with 56 percent of the vote in 2018 and the legislature is controlled by the G.O.P. Though Hillary Clinton spent considerable money in the state and many in her party were optimistic in 2016, Mr. Trump won with 48 percent of the vote."

No, that is an attempt to prevent overconfidence leading to complacency. Those things were then this is now.

- AZ Congressional delegation is majority Democrat
- AZ voted for a Democrat for Senator
- Republicans cling to a narrow majority in state houses after enjoying a super-majority for years.
- Maricopa County fired Joe Arpaio in a landslide
- The man behind the infamous anti-immigration bill was impeached. And then defeated soundly when he ran again
- AZ voters approved a minimum wage of 12 dollars and mandatory sick leave for employees
- AZ voters put a Democrat in charge of schools, elections in Maricopa County, and Sec of State (1st in line to Ducey)

That is "bluing". But I attribute that more to a rejection of Trump's message and antics than a shift left. AZ has historically been a fiscally conservative state supportive of individual rights and small government and I think that is still intact. If Republicans can find their core values again, they will do alright here.
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[Oldglory]

Originally Posted by CNCguy512

I made a post about the entire south turning blue, its gonna happen. Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi for sure. Besides Texas, I am shocked they have held on for this long. Too many growing small cities are liberal, and there are massive amounts of Democrat voting black people in the south. I'm headed to Wyoming and will enjoy watching all the socialists eat themselves alive from a distance.

It's also due to the large number of Hispanics living there. Many of them are anchor babies old enough to vote now.