2016 Arizona Republican presidential primary
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Elections in Arizona |
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The 2016 Arizona Republican presidential primary took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of
Voter suppression controversy
There was controversy surrounding the Arizona primary elections of 2016, specifically having to do with the decrease in polling places in
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.[7] The petition reached 100,000 signatures in 40 hours,[8] and as of June 5, 2016, nearly 220,000 people had signed the petition. The White House responded on May 20, 2016. In addition, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the allegations of voter suppression.[9]
The Department of Justice has since launched a federal investigation into the primary.[10]
Results
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
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Marco Rubio (withdrawn) | 72,304 | 11.59% | 0 | 0 | 0 |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Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 14,940 | 2.39% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 4,393 | 0.70% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 2,269 | 0.36% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 1,300 | 0.21% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 1,270 | 0.20% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 988 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 523 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 498 | 0.08% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Pataki (withdrawn)
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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Timothy Cook (withdrawn) | 243 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |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 |
Results by county
County | Trump | Cruz |
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Apache | 42.96% | 39.31% |
Cochise | 49.28% | 30.75% |
Coconino | 37.83% | 36.63% |
Gila | 52.86% | 26.41% |
Graham | 39.03% | 42.40% |
Greenlee | 44.83% | 37.68% |
La Paz | 66.52% | 19.12% |
Maricopa | 44.77% | 26.24% |
Mohave | 64.65% | 22.40% |
Navajo | 41.08% | 41.85% |
Pima | 43.25% | 28.83% |
Pinal | 51.41% | 27.92% |
Santa Cruz | 45.71% | 27.12% |
Yavapai | 47.27% | 30.55% |
Yuma | 48.45% | 31.09% |
TOTAL | 45.95% | 27.61% |
Source: https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=4&year=2016&f=0&off=0&elect=2 |
Analysis
Donald Trump won Arizona decisively, netting all 58 delegates and carrying all counties in the state but two. As The New York Times described, "Mr. Trump proved his appeal among immigration hard-liners, who make up a large bloc of Republicans in the border state."[11]
Trump won the populous cities of
See also
- 2016 Arizona Democratic primary
References
- ^ a b Eugene Scott (April 5, 2016). "DOJ looking into voter suppression claims in Arizona". CNN. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Arizona primary: Maricopa County had one polling site for every 21,000 voters". azcentral. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Election Other – President Obama Job Approval". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
- ^ Sabato, Larry J. (May 11, 2015). "Clinton's Real Opponent: Barack Obama". Politico. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ Beal, Tom (January 29, 2005). "Counties inconsistent in provisional-vote rules". votersunite.org. Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on April 5, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ Reilly, Ryan J.; Sacks, Mike; Siddiqui, Sabrina (June 25, 2013). "Key Provision Of Voting Rights Act Struck Down By Supreme Court". HuffPost.
- ^ "Petition to White House about Arizona 'voter suppression' hit goal in about 40 hours". Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ TEGNA. "Petition to White House about Arizona 'voter suppression' hit goal in about 40 hours". KPNX. Archived from the original on September 12, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ Cohn, Nate (January 16, 2015). "What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016". The New York Times. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
- ^ Lachman, Samantha; Reilly, Ryan J. (April 4, 2016). "The DOJ Is Investigating Arizona's Election Mess". The Huffington Post. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ Eric Bradner (March 23, 2016). "5 takeaways from Western Tuesday". CNN. Retrieved October 23, 2016.