The March to Autocracy was Stopped
As I write this late Wednesday morning, many results of this year’s general election are not clear. We Democrats lurched into this election buffeted by highs and lows in public opinion polls, a tepid economy, and a truth-free messaging barrage from well-funded interest groups supporting Republican candidates everywhere. For our benighted state, many races remain … Read more
Cochise County To Defy Court Order For Illegal Hand Count of Ballots (Updated)
Above: Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd. The Arizona Republic reports, Cochise County defying order, continuing recount plans: Cochise County officials are proceeding with a hand count of every ballot cast in Tuesday’s election, despite a court ruling that bars them from doing so. Meanwhile, the Board of Supervisors on Wednesday authorized its attorney to appeal … Read more
2022 Election’s Biggest Losers: Pollsters And The Lazy Media Addicted To ‘Horse Race’ Reporting (Updated)
I have argued for years that, just once, as a thought experiment we should hold an election without any polling reported by a lazy media addicted to “horse race” reporting based upon that polling. Far too much polling is based upon “narrative” polls designed to create a media narrative, and the feckless media plays along … Read more
(UPDATED) Democrats Cautiously Optimistic At Downtown Phoenix Event As Early Results Come In
Update to Last Nights Post (11/9/22) The races have tightened. Please click here to see the latest results at AZ Central or the Arizona Secretary of State’s site. Katie Hobbs, Mark Kelly, Adrian Fontes, and Kris Mayes still have leads against their opponents. For a time, the Mayes Campaign had fallen behind but the latest … Read more
General Election 2022 results for Southern Arizona – updated
For the contested statewide races, go to the Az Sec. of States’s website for the results. If close, the outcome won’t be known for a while due to counting of provisional ballots cast on the day of the election. www.azsos.gov For contested races in Southern Arizona, here’s the early results, but stay tuned for updates … Read more
Poll Issues In Maricopa County – Republicans Already Spreading A New ‘Big Lie’
Jason Easley reports, Kari Lake And The GOP Are Spreading Lies And Misinformation About Maricopa County Voting: Maricopa County, Arizona, is having some issues with ballot tabulation with 20% of the ballots, but Republicans, like Kari Lake, are spreading misinformation. Lake tweeted: Here is the real story from Votebeat Arizona: The machines that tabulate ballots … Read more
Women’s Reproductive Rights Are On The Ballot
In Arizona, who you elect as Governor and Attorney General, and who you elect to the state legislature, will determine whether women are to be second class citizens without the liberty to make their own health care decisions for themselves, including having autonomy over their reproductive health to decide for themselves whether and when to … Read more
