.ThisWeekABC spent a few days in the Grand Canyon State, talking with voters about the presidential election, the electorate and how independents feel in the consequential battleground.
-- of the state's over 4 million registered voters, 1.3 million of them are registered as independents.Even amongst candidates as they run tough campaigns or re-election bids, theis a recurring one. In the contentious 2018 Senate race, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema focused just as much on getting out the vote for independents as she did on Democrats or moderate voters. She was the first Democrat to be sent to the Senate by Arizonans since 1995.
ABC's"This Week" spent a few days in the Grand Canyon State, talking with voters about the presidentialLife-long Republicans Linda and Tom Rawles now spend their evenings at the edge of their driveway with a Joe Biden sign, waving to passersby as they prepare to vote Democrat in the general election.
"Right now in the Republican Party if you're not a fan in the cult of Donald Trump, you're not welcome and they will tell you that," Linda added. Pew also reports that the economic downturn stemming from the pandemic has hit Latinos and Hispanics especially hard: The unemployment rate for Hispanics increased from 4.8% in February to 18.5% in April and dropped back to 14.5% in June.
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