Arizona could be tipping-point state for Biden to win the White House

PHOENIX — No Democratic presidential candidate has won Arizona since 1996, and that was the only time it’s happened since Harry Truman nabbed it in 1948. But the party is packing an aggressive pitch to voters there this year, particularly in voter-rich Maricopa County.

Democrats have long had their eye on competing fiercely in Arizona, with its rising Latino community and former California residents who moved slightly east for the lower housing costs while continuing to reside in warm weather. And many traditional Arizona Republicans, in the Barry Goldwater and John McCain mold, aren’t fans of President Trump’s bellicose style and are ready to cross the aisle and back Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.