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==Political culture==

==Political culture==

In more recent years, the [[Republican Party]] has generally dominated Arizona politics and the [[Arizona legislature|state legislature]]. In 2004, President [[George W. Bush]] won the state's ten electoral votes by a margin of 10 percentage points with 55% of the vote, and in 2008 [[John McCain]] won the state with 54% of the vote. Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature. Their two [[United States Senator]]s are Republican and no Democrat holds statewide office. This was until 2018 when the voters elected Democrat Kyrsten Sinema over Martha McSally. However, Arizona became the first U.S. state to vote against an anti-gay marriage amendment in the 2006 midterm elections. Although [[gay marriage]] is still illegal in Arizona, this amendment would have abolished civil unions and domestic partnerships for [[homosexual]] couples. Arizona has consistently been a [[red state]] in presidential elections since 1952, except in 1996 when [[Bill Clinton]] won the state. Excepting Clinton, the last [[Democrat]] to win Arizona in a presidential election was [[Harry Truman]] in 1948.

In more recent years, the [[Republican Party]] has generally dominated Arizona politics and the [[Arizona legislature|state legislature]]. In 2004, President [[George W. Bush]] won the state's ten electoral votes by a margin of 10 percentage points with 55% of the vote, and in 2008 [[John McCain]] won the state with 54% of the vote. Republicans control both chambers of the state legislature. However, Arizona became the first U.S. state to vote against an anti-gay marriage amendment in the 2006 midterm elections. Arizona used to consistently be a solid [[red state]] in presidential elections. However, [[Democrats]] [[Kyrsten Sinema]] and [[Mark Kelly]] flipped Arizona's historically Republican senate seats in 2018 and 2020.  [[Joe Biden]] also won the historic red state in 2020, the first Democrat to do so since [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996 and [[Harry Truman]] in 1948. There is currently an audit going on in Arizona for the 2020 election which is uncovering [[voter fraud]].

== Notable Arizonans ==

== Notable Arizonans ==