… Arizona politics and government are dominated by a Republican majority that is supported and elected, primarily, by Arizona’s aging white population. …
Unless there is an unforeseeable sea change in Latino voting patterns, Arizona is destined to become a much less Republican-dominated state, perhaps even changing from red to blue in the coming decades. The change will be slow – the full impact won’t be felt for another 20 or 30 years – but incremental and noticeable, as our state’s political face is changed irrevocably by Arizona’s emerging Latino vote. [cont. – PDF]
Bill Hart and E.C. Hedberg, Morrison Institute, ASU