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Arizona Republicans explain why they're considering voting Democratic this year

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Arizona's 11 electoral college votes could be vital for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's path to victory. President Biden won Arizona by just over 10,000 votes in 2020. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López traveled to the Phoenix suburb of Tempe to sit down with four lifelong Republicans to get their take on the presidential race, how they view Trump and the future of their party. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Arizona's 11 electoral college votes could be key to winning the presidential race next month.

0:06.0

Our White House correspondent, Larbarone Lopez, recently spent some time there.

0:09.3

So Laura, as you well know, President Biden won Arizona by just over 10,000 votes back in 2020.

0:15.1

How's it looking now?

0:16.1

Jeff, this year polls show that Trump has a slight edge over Harris in the state.

0:21.5

So we traveled to Tempe, Arizona just outside of Phoenix to sit down with four lifelong Republicans to get their take on the presidential race, how they view Trump and the future of their party.

0:33.0

How many of you have voted for Donald Trump?

0:37.0

How many of you voted for Donald Trump twice?

0:42.0

And how many of you plan on supporting Donald Trump this November?

0:47.0

None of you.

0:50.0

How would you

0:53.0

initially became a part of in one word?

0:58.0

Integrity.

1:00.0

Freedom.

1:01.0

Opportunity.

1:02.0

Free enterprise. Freedom. Opportunity.

1:03.0

Free Enterprise.

1:05.0

And how would you describe the Republican Party now?

1:08.0

Cowardly.

1:10.0

Lost. Fearmonger.

1:13.0

Lollith.

1:16.0

73 year old Kevin Winker is a retired pastor who voted for Donald Trump in 2016.

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