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==Political culture==

==Political culture==

Throughout the later 20th century, the [[Republican Party]] 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.  Arizona became the first U.S. state to vote against an anti-gay marriage amendment in the 2006 midterm elections.  With the influx of middle class [[California]] refugees fleeing crime and high taxes but not abandoning their Democrat faith, Arizona gradually earned a reputation for [[election fraud]] in the 21st century.  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. Widescale evidence of election rigging in both the [[Democrat_election_fraud#2020_Arizona|2020]] and 2022 elections occurred.  

Throughout the later 20th century, the [[Republican Party]] 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.  Arizona became the first U.S. state to vote against an anti-gay marriage amendment in the 2006 midterm elections.  With the influx of middle class refugees fleeing crime and high taxes in [[California]] but not abandoning their Democrat faith, Arizona gradually earned a reputation for [[election fraud]] in the 21st century.  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 allegedlywon the historic red state in 2020, the first Democrat to do so since [[Bill Clinton]] in 1996 and [[Harry Truman]] in 1948. Widescale evidence of election rigging in both the [[Democrat_election_fraud#2020_Arizona|2020]] and 2022 elections occurred.  

===2020 presidential election===

===2020 presidential election===