I've been registered and pretty active D since 1984. I live in "purple" North Central Phoenix. I am pretty obsessed with voting, but I have only voted for ONE Republican, Bill Mundell for Corp Comm'n. (I think he's a D now?) Despite my D leanings, I have MANY R friends and colleagues whom I love and respect. I am pretty fiscally conserva…
I've been registered and pretty active D since 1984. I live in "purple" North Central Phoenix. I am pretty obsessed with voting, but I have only voted for ONE Republican, Bill Mundell for Corp Comm'n. (I think he's a D now?) Despite my D leanings, I have MANY R friends and colleagues whom I love and respect. I am pretty fiscally conservative, but extremely socially liberal. I have appreciated the historic socially-libertarian views of R's from days gone by. However, at least since Arpaio days, our state has taken this weird hard right turn and I'm very concerned. The R's have normalized hate and intolerance for immigrants and LGBT+. They've normalized ignoring basic tenets of AZ and US Constitutional law.
What about the Democrats? What are they doing right or wrong? Do you think they're equipped to stop the state's weird hard right turn, or will that have to come from the Republican party itself?
I'm not impressed by our party's leadership in AZ. I say that somewhat sheepishly because I haven't gotten involved to try and change anything. I think that our state's demographic is changing, largely due to younger voters and folks moving here from other states. The R's lock on this state isn't a given as we've seen in recent years. So, while I'm not sure the party itself can course-correct, I think the demographics will have a lot to say. Also, with the Dobbs decision, folks are more energized to vote against many R issues, but they may not join the D party.
I've been registered and pretty active D since 1984. I live in "purple" North Central Phoenix. I am pretty obsessed with voting, but I have only voted for ONE Republican, Bill Mundell for Corp Comm'n. (I think he's a D now?) Despite my D leanings, I have MANY R friends and colleagues whom I love and respect. I am pretty fiscally conservative, but extremely socially liberal. I have appreciated the historic socially-libertarian views of R's from days gone by. However, at least since Arpaio days, our state has taken this weird hard right turn and I'm very concerned. The R's have normalized hate and intolerance for immigrants and LGBT+. They've normalized ignoring basic tenets of AZ and US Constitutional law.
What about the Democrats? What are they doing right or wrong? Do you think they're equipped to stop the state's weird hard right turn, or will that have to come from the Republican party itself?
I'm not impressed by our party's leadership in AZ. I say that somewhat sheepishly because I haven't gotten involved to try and change anything. I think that our state's demographic is changing, largely due to younger voters and folks moving here from other states. The R's lock on this state isn't a given as we've seen in recent years. So, while I'm not sure the party itself can course-correct, I think the demographics will have a lot to say. Also, with the Dobbs decision, folks are more energized to vote against many R issues, but they may not join the D party.
FYI the new chair of the state Democratic Party is awesome.