the hillary clinton campaign is sending 3 political heavy hitters… And an extra 2 million dollars in campaign funds to arizona… More evidence that the democratic party sees arizona …As a battleground state.
a new wallet-hub study shows arizona voters lead the way in terms of swinging the 20-16 presidential election.
The polling site 5-38 dot com calculated a power score …based on the total number of voters in the state … that landed our state at the top of the list.
Iowa, alaska, south dakota and ohio trail behind arizona with spots in the top five.
with just three weeks until election day… High profile democrats are on the way to rally the electorate across the state.
Bernie sanders, chelsea clinton and first lady michelle obama will make arizona campaign stops starting tomorrow.
the last time a democratic presidential candidate won arizona…Was bill clinton, 20 years ago. His wife looks to replicate that feat.
“there putting money into the state both in terms of the ground game and commercial buys. You don’t do that unless you think there is a chance.”
republican strategist paul bentz says there is no doubt arizona has become a battleground state after a poll his company ran friday of 400 likely arizona voters.
“early ballots started last week and we want on the field on friday. We found clinton is leading trump on a two percentage lead.”
The two presidential candidates are facing several scandals. Trump with allegations of sexual abuse and wikileaks posting several embarrassing clinton campaign emails. Grossfeld doesn’t believe they will affect either of the bases but the allegations against trump may affect undecided voters.
“it is of consequence to independents and certainly democrats and they’re paying attention to that.”
both the highground and nate silver’s project five-38 voting polls show a significant difference in voter demographics for both candidates.
“trump’s base is a 65 year old rural and they folks turn out no matter what.”
it is still unclear if clinton’s millenial and latino supporters will turn out .
the arizona republic, the morrison institute, and cronkite news conducted our own poll… Our results come out wednesday.
In downtown phoenix, jesse canales, cronkite news.