Nevada and Arizona are 2024 battleground states
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Nevada has six electoral votes. Arizona has eleven. They are battleground states and will be crucial in determining the next president. Both have large, populous Democratic cities and rural areas that are often far-right. Trump cannot win without taking AZ and NV. However, both states continue to tilt Democratic. This is not a given though, […]
Nevada has six electoral votes. Arizona has eleven. They are battleground states and will be crucial in determining the next president. Both have large, populous Democratic cities and rural areas that are often far-right. Trump cannot win without taking AZ and NV. However, both states continue to tilt Democratic. This is not a given though, the elections will be close.
Politics in both states can be bonkers. Primaries are mandated by law here in NV yet Republicans will ignore theirs because Trump choose to be in their caucus instead. And six Nevada GOP fake electors in the 2020 election have been indicted! And if you come here, do try to pronounce the state name correctly, as this photo of a wall in a Vegas DMV office explains.
In Arizona, 2020 Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake just managed to blow up the state Republican Party and probably with it her changes for any run in 2024. She is beyond crazy, as is mostly of the AZ Republican Party. No, I am not exaggerating.
In NV, Vegas (Clark County) is the behemoth with about 90% of the population. The Culinary Union has tens of thousands of members, is solidly Democratic, and can turn out thousands of canvassers. They are a major political force. Clark County is where Biden will win the state.
Best election sources in NV and AZ
Follow The Nevada Independent and especially Jon Ralston for Nevada political and election news. Ralston will give immediate analysis of votes as they come in on election night. He is the one all the other politicos follow for NV political news.
Garret Archer is Ralston’s counterpart in Phoenix. Instant analysis of incoming votes on election night. He will tweet “Maricopa incoming” to alert us a few minutes in advance, something which has become a meme / inside joke.
My prediction is Biden takes both of these battleground states. It will probably be close. The amount of national media focus on both will be nonstop. The campaigns and politics will be frenzied, combative, and nonstop. People. get ready.