Pollster: Arizona’s switch from red to blue state ‘inevitable’

*Just as in Texas, if Latinos don’t vote, the needle doesn’t move. VL

By Joe Martin, Cronkite News Service/Verde Independent

PHOENIX – Arizona has a national reputation for hard-core conservatism, but it’s inevitable that Democrats will hold sway in the state as the Latino population grows and independent voters surge, a pollster said Saturday.

Jim Haynes, president and CEO of the Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center, said the shift has been slowed thus far by a lack of participation by Latino and independent voters.

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