Why AP Called Arizona for Trump

Nov 10, 2024 View Original Article
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    32% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    30% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    26% Somewhat Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -6% Negative

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74% : Trump carried the county by 3 points in 2016, while Biden won with a 2-point margin four years later.
65% : WINNER: Trump.
61% : Although Harris very briefly led in the statewide vote count on election night, Trump has consistently led since then.
60% : She was trailing Trump in decisive Maricopa County, which Biden won in 2020 and has been a must-win county for statewide Democratic candidates in recent elections.
49% : At the time the AP called the race at 9:21 p.m. ET, Trump led Harris, 52.6% to 46.4%, a margin of about 185,000 votes.
46% : On Saturday, Trump was leading Harris 52 to 47.
45% : In 2020, President Joe Biden carried the state narrowly over Trump, but he won Maricopa County by a margin of 50 percentage points to 48.
38% : Trump has now swept all seven of the hotly contested presidential battlegrounds, winning 312 electoral votes, compared to 226 for Harris.
38% : Harris had large leads over Trump in all four counties, but she far underperformed Biden's showing from 2020.
32% : Trump put immigration at the center of his candidacy, promising to deport people without legal documentation while Harris called for pathways to citizenship as well as tighter security at the border.
30% : President: Harris (D) vs. Trump (R) vs. Chase Oliver (Libertarian) vs. Jill Stein (Green).
21% : Arizona does not release votes until all precincts have reported or one hour after all polls are closed, whichever is first, usually 10 p.m. ET.ABOUT THE RACE: Both Harris and Trump crisscrossed this border state, where immigration is a prominent issue, multiple times before Election Day.

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