Steve Benson for November 17, 2022

When winning is everything game the system.

Nothing set in stone

Right on, Mr. B !

With the slightest encouragement, Arizona voter participation jumped 9 points from their 2016 low [shared with Texas] of 50%.

In modern times, or any times, it is just mind boggling that any state or local government could possibly get away with one half of the people making all of the decisions, and the other half with no say at all. And you know that ain’t right.

Find out what it is that discourages people from voting — and eliminate it.

The government belongs to the people — all of the people. We really do need as many people’s say as we can to make the thing work at all.

At the very least, consider Ranked-Choice voting. Its opponents say it’s too complicated and voters can’t understand it. I say anyone who can’t understand it shouldn’t be voting anyway.

But THANK GOD sanity appears to have prevailed in at least some AZ races! I can’t imagine a bigger disaster than Lake.

Maricopa county voted blue, thankfully.

I think I am more for voter rights, I don’t think I know I am!

How do you fix ’don’t know, don’t care’?

Trump lost Arizona in 2020. That is why he is trying to cultivate Lake – in the hope of winning there in 2024. And he recognizes that Lake and the buffoonery of the AZ GOP leadership were the best path to take the states electors. Regardless of the will of the voters.

Dead or alive,John Mc Cain wins.

When ya wants t’ go forward, ya selects “D”. When ya wants t’ go backward, ya selects “R”.

Republicans have to lie or they will cease to exist. In phone surveys, when people are given a choice on issues that affect their daily life, taken from both Republican and Democratic Party publications, those who identify themselves as Democrats agree with the Democrats about 80% of the time. Independents do to, about 58% of the time. The weird thing is that 42% of Republicans agree with the Democratic positions too, unless the are told which is which. Then they fall into line and agree with the Republicans 78% of the time. People who identify as Republicans make up somewhere between 30% and 42% of the voters, depending on the year. It’s currently way down. 78% of 42% is 33%. The Republicans would never win another national election with those odds. So, the Republicans have to keep as many people from voting as possible, and keep the rest of them confused enough to vote against their own best interests.

Thankfully the little donkey was stronger than the anti democratic elephant

The donkey should be pulling to the left, and the elephant, to the right.

Since there is no voter suppression, I do not see what the point is.

Isn’t this picture kinda late??

The Dems won big in Arizona—Nevada, too.