United States presidential election in Arizona, 2016

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United States presidential election in Arizona, 2016
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Arizona will take place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participate. Arizona voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's presumptive nominee businessman Donald Trump and yet to be determined running mate against the as of yet to be determined nominee for the Democratic Party.

On March 22, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Arizona voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Green parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote, except in presidential elections.

Primary Elections

Democratic primary

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Results by county (Disputed)
  Hillary Clinton
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix on March 21, 2016.
Senator Bernie Sanders at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix on March 15, 2016.
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Former President Bill Clinton at a campaign rally for his wife at Central High School in Phoenix on March 20, 2016.
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Businessman Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills on March 19, 2016.
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Senator Ted Cruz at a campaign rally at Arizona Christian University in Phoenix on March 18, 2016.
Green Party candidate Jill Stein at a campaign rally at the Mesa Public Library in Mesa on March 12, 2016.

Six candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot: [1]

Opinion polling

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See also: Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
Poll source Date 1st 2nd Other
Primary results March 22, 2016 Hillary Clinton
57.6%		 Bernie Sanders
39.9%		 Other
2.4%
Merrill Poll[2]

Margin of error: ± 5.4%
Sample size: 300

 March 7-11, 2016 Hillary Clinton
50%		 Bernie Sanders
24%		 Others / Undecided
26%
MBQF Consulting and Marson Media[3]

Margin of error: ± 3.6%
Sample size: 739

 Published February 29, 2016 Hillary Clinton
56%		 Bernie Sanders
22%		 Others / Undecided
22%
Behavior Research Center[4]

Margin of error: ± 7.3%
Sample size: 186

 October 24 – November 5, 2015 Hillary Clinton
47%		 Bernie Sanders
19%		 Martin O'Malley 2%
Uncommitted 32%
One America News[5]

Margin of error: ± 4.7%
Sample size: 427

 Published August 17, 2015 Hillary Clinton
56%		 Bernie Sanders
34%		 Joe Biden 6%
Lincoln Chafee 2%
Jim Webb 1%
Martin O'Malley 1%
Public Policy Polling [6]

Margin of error: ± 6%
Sample size: 268

 May 1–3, 2015 Hillary Clinton
58%		 Bernie Sanders
16%		 Lincoln Chafee 5%
Jim Webb 5%
Martin O'Malley 4%
Not sure 12%

Results

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See also: Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016


e • d Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Arizona, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 262,459 56.29% 42 5 47
Bernie Sanders 192,962 41.39% 33 2 35
Others 10,814 2.32%
Uncommitted N/A 3 3
Total 465,675 100% 75 10 85
Source: Arizona Secretary of StateThe Green Papers
Detailed results per congressional district
Detailed results for the Arizona Democratic primary, April 5, 2016[7][8]
District Total Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Votes Delegates Votes  % Delegates Votes  % Delegates
1st district 63,863 6 35,445 55.50% 3 26,267 41.13% 3
2nd district 78,237 8 42,797 54.70% 4 33,891 43.32% 4
3rd district 51,520 5 30,298 58.81% 3 20,091 39.00% 2
4th district 37,273 4 15,289 55.43% 2 20,662 41.02% 2
5th district 40,847 5 22,973 56.24% 3 16,982 41.57% 2
6th district 50,465 6 29,266 57.99% 4 20,259 40.14% 2
7th district 42,199 5 24,245 57.45% 3 17,173 40.70% 2
8th district 46,491 5 27,672 59.52% 3 17,651 37.97% 2
9th district 55,340 6 29,101 52.59% 3 25,359 45.82% 3
At-large delegates 466,235 16 262,459 56.29% 9 192,962 41.39% 7
Pledged PLEOs 466,235 9 262,459 56.29% 5 192,962 41.39% 4
Total 466,235 75 262,464 56.29% 42 192,965 41.39% 33

Republican primary

Fourteen candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[9]

Arizona Republican primary, March 22, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
America Symbol.svg Donald Trump 286,743 45.95% 58 0 58
Ted Cruz 172,294 27.61% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 72,304 11.59% 0 0 0
John Kasich 65,965 10.57% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 14,940 2.39% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 4,393 0.70% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 2,269 0.36% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 1,300 0.21% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 1,270 0.20% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 988 0.16% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 523 0.08% 0 0 0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) 498 0.08% 0 0 0
George Pataki (withdrawn) 309 0.05% 0 0 0
Timothy Cook (withdrawn) 243 0.04% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 624,039 100.00% 58 0 58
Source: The Green Papers

Green primary

The Arizona Green Party held its primary on March 22. Jill Stein won with 82% of the vote, and the overall number of voters that took place in the primary saw an increase from 561 in 2012 to 770 in 2016.[10] Only two candidates qualified for the primary:[11]

Arizona Green Party presidential primary, March 22, 2016[12]
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
America Symbol.svg Jill Stein 666 82% 5
Kent Mesplay 151 18% 1
Write-in/Blank 18 2% -
Total 817 100.00% 6

Alleged voter suppression

There is considerable controversy surrounding the Arizona primary elections of 2016, specifically having to do with the dramatic decrease in polling places in Maricopa County from 200 in 2012, to only 60 in 2016, despite the number of registered voters having increased from 300,000 in 2012 to 800,000 in 2016. This decrease in polling places was most pronounced in minority neighborhoods, most notably Latino neighborhoods, with areas like Central Phoenix having only 1 polling place for 108,000 voters. There were also reports of many voters who had been previously registered, coming up as unregistered, or registered as an independent, making them ineligible to vote. Voters who did manage to vote had to stand in long lines to cast their ballots, some for as long as five hours. Additionally, voters reported being required to vote with a provisional ballot. In 2005, Arizona threw out 27,878 provisional ballots, counting only about 72.5% of the total provisional ballots reported.[13] Taking into account Arizona's increasingly lax voting laws, and the amplifying effects of the Supreme Court's "gutting of the Voting Rights Act",[14] it's unknown what percentage of the provisional ballots were counted. This was the first presidential primary election in the state of Arizona since the 2013 Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which would have previously required Southern states with a history of voter discrimination, including Arizona, to receive Federal approval before implementing any changes to voting laws and practices. These irregularities have led many to suspect a deliberate act of voter suppression and electoral fraud.

Within a day after the election took place on March 22, a petition went viral on the White House petitions site asking the Department of Justice to investigate voter suppression and election fraud in Arizona that reached its goal of 100,000 signatures in record time compared to other popular petitions.[15] In addition, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the allegations of voter suppression.[citation needed]

The Department of Justice has since launched a federal investigation into the primary.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.azsos.gov/elections/voting-election/election-information/prespref2016dem
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  7. ↑ The Green Papers
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  9. ↑ http://www.azsos.gov/elections/voting-election/election-information/prespref2016rep
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