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Arizona Early Voting Results: Hispanic Turnout Up, Republican Turnout Down
More Hispanic voters are casting ballots early this year than did in 2012, a statistic which suggests that Hillary Clinton could actually have a chance of turning the state blue.
About 1.4 million Arizonans have voted early, and according to AZCentral, the Arizona Democratic party is reporting that about 12 percent of those ballots came from Hispanic voters. This is nearly double the turnout of 2012, when by this point, six percent of the ballots cast early came from Hispanics.
In past elections, the turnout rate among Hispanics has been notoriously low on a national level. In 2012, 48 percent of Hispanic voters participated, while 67 percent of black voters participated and 64 percent of white voters participated, according to The USA Today. It’s for this reason that Arizona’s former governor, Jan Brewer, said last month that Arizona won’t be turning blue this year because Arizona Democrats always stay home.
But according to 12 News, a recent poll showed that 83 percent of Hispanics in Arizona said they plan to vote this year. Arizona has the sixth highest Hispanic population in the country, and of all eligible voters in Arizona, 22 percent of them are Hispanic.
Based on polling, it’s safe to say that the majority of Hispanics and Latinos who voted early did not vote for Donald Trump. A Univision poll conducted in September found that 68 percent of Hispanic voters in Arizona plan to vote for Hillary Clinton, while 18 percent said they’d vote for Donald Trump.
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The number early ballots from Democrats in Arizona has gone up this year, and the turnout among Republicans has decreased. - Heavy.com
About 1.4 million Arizonans have voted early, and according to AZCentral, the Arizona Democratic party is reporting that about 12 percent of those ballots came from Hispanic voters. This is nearly double the turnout of 2012, when by this point, six percent of the ballots cast early came from Hispanics.
In past elections, the turnout rate among Hispanics has been notoriously low on a national level. In 2012, 48 percent of Hispanic voters participated, while 67 percent of black voters participated and 64 percent of white voters participated, according to The USA Today. It’s for this reason that Arizona’s former governor, Jan Brewer, said last month that Arizona won’t be turning blue this year because Arizona Democrats always stay home.
But according to 12 News, a recent poll showed that 83 percent of Hispanics in Arizona said they plan to vote this year. Arizona has the sixth highest Hispanic population in the country, and of all eligible voters in Arizona, 22 percent of them are Hispanic.
Based on polling, it’s safe to say that the majority of Hispanics and Latinos who voted early did not vote for Donald Trump. A Univision poll conducted in September found that 68 percent of Hispanic voters in Arizona plan to vote for Hillary Clinton, while 18 percent said they’d vote for Donald Trump.
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The number early ballots from Democrats in Arizona has gone up this year, and the turnout among Republicans has decreased. - Heavy.com
Arizona's former governor, Jan Brewer, is calling all you AZ democrats out, "YOU ALWAYS STAY HOME," she says.
Open a can of whoop-ass on that, GOTV!
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