{"id":2005732,"date":"2023-08-19T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-exodus-and-latino-voters-altering-arizonas-politics\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T11:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T15:47:19","slug":"california-exodus-and-latino-voters-altering-arizonas-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-exodus-and-latino-voters-altering-arizonas-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"California exodus and Latino voters altering Arizona&#8217;s politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-exodus-and-latino-voters-altering-arizonas-politics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2005732&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Arizona: From\u200b Red to Purple<\/h2>\n<p>A once solidly red state has turned purple in recent elections because \u200dof an increase in moderate to\u200c liberal voters leaving California, and an increase in voters of color that tend to\u200b lean \u200cDemocrat, experts have claimed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arizona, one of \u2064the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-fleeing-to-the-sunshine-state-while-trashing-floridas-politics\/\" title=\"Progressives Fleeing To The Sunshine State While Trashing Florida\u2019s Politics\">fastest-growing states<\/a> in the country, has undergone a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-bashes-his-enemies-in-first-stop-in-michigan-since-2024-announcement\/\" title=\"Trump criticizes opponents during first visit to Michigan since announcing 2024 bid.\">significant political shift<\/a>. Previously predominantly\u200b conservative, the state witnessed a turning\u200c point\u2064 with the\u200b narrow victory of then-Democratic Sen.\u200b Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) in 2018. This victory set off a chain reaction, leading to the election of a Democratic\u200b governor, the flipping of a\u200c long-held Republican senate seat, and \u200dultimately \u2063helping President Joe Biden secure the White\u2064 House in subsequent elections.<\/p>\n<h3>The Californian Influence<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of that growth is Californians,&#8221; Arizona-based Republican consultant Stan Barnes told Fox News. \u2062&#8221;Even though \u200bthey\u2019re leaving the People&#8217;s Republic of California over\u2063 its \u2064tax\u2062 and regulatory restrictions, \u2062they \u200cstill carry some of their progressive politics with them, and\u2062 it shows in the election results.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the\u2064 state leaning further to\u200b the left since \u20632018, Republicans\u2062 are determined to reclaim its red roots\u2064 in 2024. \u2063Their focus \u200bis \u200con\u2064 flipping Sinema&#8217;s seat, especially as the senator has not\u200d yet revealed her\u2063 own reelection \u200bplans. The\u200b biggest \u2063challenger to Sinema so far is Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).<\/p>\n<h3>The Role of Candidate Quality<\/h3>\n<p>Barnes \u2063claimed\u2063 that candidate quality has played a significant\u2063 role\u200c in Democrats&#8217; recent success. \u2064He noted that Democratic candidates have\u200c largely run centrist campaigns, appealing to a broader base. On the other \u2064hand, Republicans have often put forward \u2064candidates who were too far right.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When Democrats run statewide in \u2064Arizona, they run as\u200c center-right as they possibly can,&#8221;\u200d Barnes said. \u2063&#8221;If you\u200b heard them campaigning, you\u2019d think they\u2019re Republicans. They have had \u2062good candidates the past two cycles, and we\u2019ve put up some folks\u200b that were easily marginalized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another\u2062 Arizona \u200cstrategist attributed conservative shortcomings in the state to\u200c the failure of candidates\u2062 to appeal to their own\u200d base. This strategist claimed\u2062 that conservative voters are \u200bturning to the Democratic Party due to fringe \u2064candidates\u2064 from the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These vitriolic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-exodus-and-latino-voters-altering-arizonas-politics\/\" title=\"California residents leaving the state in large numbers and Latino voters are changing the political landscape in Arizona.\">tin foil hat-wearing<\/a>, election-denying Republican maniacs are not succeeding \u2063in Arizona, and that\u2019s not a result of \u200dincreased\u2062 power among Democrats,&#8221; Democratic strategist Stacy Pearson said. &#8220;It&#8217;s that they\u2019re not appealing to their own base; they\u2019re not\u200c appealing to the Republicans in Arizona.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>The \u2064Latino Vote<\/h3>\n<p>Barnes sees hope in Hispanic \u200bvoters, who were largely expected to vote\u2064 Democrat. While Latino and \u200cHispanic voters still lean \u2063more liberal, \u2063support for Democrats has dwindled.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It turns \u2063out the Latino \u200bvoter did not get that\u200c memo. And they don\u2019t necessarily perform that way or register \u2062that\u2064 way,&#8221; Barnes\u200d said.<\/p>\n<p>Both strategists emphasized \u2062that the state is still conservative\u2062 at its core. However,\u200b they warned\u2062 Democrats that \u2063centrists have fared well in recent elections, while liberal candidates have struggled. \u2063Pearson cautioned that anyone who believes the \u200cstate has become\u200d more progressive &#8220;do so at their\u2063 own peril.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A once solidly red state has turned purple in recent elections because of an increase in moderate to liberal voters leaving California, and an increase in voters of color that tend to lean Democrat, experts have claimed. 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