President-elect Donald Trump’s final lead over Vice President Kamala Harris continues to grow as votes from late-counting states are tallied, including in a key swing state that narrowly went for him on election night.
The Western Journal reported on the ongoing tallying in Arizona, a state up for grabs heading into Election Day which Trump ultimately carried after winning the populous Maricopa County, home to more than six in 10 voters. The newest numbers show that Trump trounced Harris by more than 187,000 votes, a figure 18 times larger than the 10,000-vote margin President Joe Biden enjoyed in 2020.
The result is leaving Sun Belt observers questioning the long-held assumption that Arizona is still a swing state; instead, it may be following in the tradition of Ohio, Iowa, and other well-tread battlegrounds that have since become reliably red. With 98.9% of all votes counted, President-elect Trump has extended his Arizona lead to 5.5%, making his win there the largest of all seven swing states.
A contributing factor to Trump’s Arizona victory appears to be his historic growth in support among Hispanic voters who make up more than a third of all voters in Arizona.
In Maricopa County — essentially