2016 Arizona Republican presidential primary

none June 2025 September 2023 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries 2016 Arizona presidential primary 2016 Arizona Republican presidential primary Arizona primary no March 22, 2016 2012 Arizona Republican primary 2012 2020 Arizona Republican primary 2020 File:Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg 160x160px Donald Trump 283681 New York 58 286,741 45.95% File:Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg Ted Cruz DAA520 Texas 0 172,294 27.61% File:Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped).jpg Marco Rubio(withdrawn) C60E3B Florida 0 72,304 11.59% File:John Kasich (24618295175) (cropped).jpg John Kasich 29AB87 Ohio 0 65,965 10.57% x250px Election results by county x250px Election results by congressional district 1 250x250px #283681 Donald Trump#9ea8e1 30–40%#7786d5 40–50%#5063c9 50–60%#3649af 60–70% #d4aa00 Ted Cruz #ffdc4d 40–50% UT AS 58 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention The 2016 Arizona Republican presidential primary took place on March 22 in the U.S. state of Arizona as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Despite a late challenge by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Donald Trump won the primary and netted all 58 delegates in the winner-take-all contest. On the same day were held Democratic and Green primaries in Arizona, as well as Republican and Democratic caucuses in Utah and Idaho Democratic caucus, so the day was dubbed "Western Tuesday" by media. Voter suppression controversy thumb|250x250px|Businessman Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills on March 19, 2016. thumb|250x250px|Senator Ted Cruz at a campaign rally at Arizona Christian University in Phoenix on March 18, 2016. There was controversy surrounding the Arizona primary elections of 2016, specifically having to do with the decrease in polling places in Maricopa County from 200 in 2012 to only 60 in 2016, despite the number of registered voters having increased from 300,000 in 2012 to 800,000 in 2016.http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/05/politics/justice-department-investigation-arizona/index.html DOJ looking into voter suppression claims in Arizona Eugene Scott CNN 5 April 2016 2016-06-05https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/03/22/live-arizona-primary-coverage-presidential-preference-election/82096726/ Arizona primary: Maricopa County had one polling site for every 21,000 voters azcentral 2016-06-05 This decrease in polling places was most pronounced in minority neighborhoods, most notably Latino neighborhoods, with areas like Central Phoenix having only one polling place for 108,000 voters. There were also reports of voters who had been previously registered coming up as unregistered or registered as an independent, making them ineligible to vote in the closed primary. Voters who did manage to vote had to stand in long lines to cast their ballots, some for as long as five hours.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html Election Other – President Obama Job Approval RealClearPolitics March 23, 2016 Additionally, voters reported being required to vote with a provisional ballot.http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/obama-approval-ratings-swing-states-117019.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150418080716/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/obama-approval-ratings-swing-states-117019.html dead April 18, 2015 Clinton's Real Opponent: Barack Obama May 11, 2015 Politico Sabato Larry J. March 25, 2016 In 2005, Arizona threw out 27,878 provisional ballots, counting only about 72.5% of the total provisional ballots reported.http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=4738 Counties inconsistent in provisional-vote rules Beal Tom 29 January 2005 votersunite.org Arizona Daily Star March 26, 2016 5 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160405125401/http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=4738 dead Taking into account the effects of the Supreme Court's "gutting of the Voting Rights Act",https://www.huffpost.com/entry/voting-rights-act-supreme-court_n_3429810 Key Provision Of Voting Rights Act Struck Down By Supreme Court Ryan J. Reilly Mike Sacks Sabrina Siddiqui June 25, 2013 HuffPost it's unknown what percentage of the provisional ballots were counted in 2016. This was the first election in the state of Arizona since the 2013 Supreme Court decision to strike down Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which would have previously required states with a history of voter discrimination, including Arizona, to receive Federal approval before implementing any changes to voting laws and practices. Within a day after the election took place on March 22, a petition went viral on the White House petitions site asking the Department of Justice to investigate voter suppression and election fraud in Arizona.http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 Petition to White House about Arizona 'voter suppression' hit goal in about 40 hours 2016-10-23 2016-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160912062820/http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 dead The petition reached 100,000 signatures in 40 hours,http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 Petition to White House about Arizona 'voter suppression' hit goal in about 40 hours TEGNA KPNX en-US 2016-06-05 2016-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20160912062820/http://www.12news.com/news/politics/petition-to-white-house-about-arizona-voter-suppression-hit-goal-in-about-40-hours/101986939 dead and as of June 5, 2016, nearly 220,000 people had signed the petition. The White House responded on May 20, 2016. In addition, Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton asked the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the allegations of voter suppression.https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/upshot/what-a-rise-in-obamas-approval-rating-means-for-2016.html?abt=0002&abg=0 What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016 January 16, 2015 The New York Times Cohn Nate March 25, 2016 The Department of Justice has since launched a federal investigation into the primary.https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/justice-department-arizona_us_5702b720e4b083f5c6085933 The DOJ Is Investigating Arizona's Election Mess April 4, 2016 The Huffington Post Reilly Ryan J. Lachman Samantha April 4, 2016 Results Results by county +CountyTrumpCruzApache42.96%39.31%Cochise49.28%30.75%Coconino37.83%36.63%Gila52.86%26.41%Graham39.03%42.40%Greenlee44.83%37.68%La Paz66.52%19.12%Maricopa44.77%26.24%Mohave64.65%22.40%Navajo41.08%41.85%Pima43.25%28.83%Pinal51.41%27.92%Santa Cruz45.71%27.12%Yavapai47.27%30.55%Yuma48.45%31.09%TOTAL45.95%27.61%Source: https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=4&year=2016&f=0&off=0&elect=2 Analysis Donald Trump won Arizona decisively, netting all 58 delegates and carrying all counties in the state but two. As The New York Times described, "Mr. Trump proved his appeal among immigration hard-liners, who make up a large bloc of Republicans in the border state."https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/23/us/politics/election-results.html Clinton and Trump Win Arizona; Cruz Picks Up Utah; Sanders Takes 2 Martin Jonathan 2016-03-22 The New York Times 0362-4331 2016-10-23 Trump won the populous cities of Phoenix in Maricopa County, and Tucson in Pima County. He enjoyed support from former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, both of whom hold a hard-line stance against immigration. As Eric Bradner of CNN described, "Their decision to side with Trump, and the size of his win, underscores the potency of Trump's build-a-wall plan with the Republican base."http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/politics/primary-election-2016-takeaways/index.html 5 takeaways from Western Tuesday Eric Bradner CNN 23 March 2016 2016-10-23 See also 2016 Arizona Democratic primary References Republican Arizona Category:2016 controversies in the United States Category:March 2016 in the United States Category:Voter suppression Category:Arizona Republican primaries Category:Electoral fraud in the United States