Donald Trump Wins Arizona, Completing Swing-State Sweep

Mar. 15, 2025

Donald Trump speaks at an Oct. 24 campaign rally in Tempe, Ariz.Photo:Anna Moneymaker/Getty

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Mullett Arena on October 24, 2024 in Tempe, Arizona. With less than two weeks until Election Day, Trump is campaigning across Arizona and Nevada.

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Donald Trumphas won the battleground state of Arizona in the 2024 presidential race, completing his swing-state sweep over Vice PresidentKamala Harris, theAssociated Pressreports.

Trump was declared the victor of Arizona’s 11 electoral votes on Saturday, Nov. 9, bringing his Electoral College total to 312votes compared to Harris' 226 votes.

Arizona was identified as one of seven key swing states that was expected to come down to razor-thin margins in the election. Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were also given leading roles in deciding the next president.

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at an Oct. 10 campaign rally in Chandler, Ariz.Brandon Bell/Getty

Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris arrives during a campaign rally at the Rawhide Event Center on October 10, 2024 in Chandler, Arizona. Vice President Harris continues campaigning against Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump in battleground swing states ahead of the November 5 presidential election. Trump currently has a 2% lead ahead of Harris in the Arizona polls.

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Arizona has voted Republican in all but two presidential elections since 1948. The exceptions include 2020, when the increasingly purple state backed DemocratJoe Bidenover Trump, and earlier in 1996, when it ultimately chose incumbent DemocratBill Clintonover RepublicanBob Dole.

According toBallotopedia, Arizona has voted for the winning candidate 78.6% of the time since its initial statehood. Since 2000, it has voted for the winning candidate 66.7% of the time.

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Arizona is near-evenly divided into Republicans, Democrats, and third-party or undeclared voters, according to a Julystatistic— they make up 36%, 29%, and 35% of the vote, respectively.

source: people.com

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