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You're missing that Arizona isn't blue. They've only voted for the democratic presidential nominee twice since 1952, in 1996 and 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona#Political_culture

Yes, the state legislature and governor of AZ are GOP, and they were the ones that pushed for this.

AZ is nowhere close to being a Blue State. Barely went to Biden in 2020, yes, but Gov and Legislature are GOP dominated, and have been for some time. (And they have been very successful in drawing district lines to keep themselves in power).

Probably the best way to think of AZ's population is purple, but more red than blue in tint.

> Barely went to Biden in 2020, yes, but Gov and Legislature are GOP dominated, and have been for some time.

But this is only because of Trump's lies and Fox news collusion with Trump. If they gave Biden and honest wrap and told their viewers how historic a Biden presidency would be and how Biden would fight like hell to bring the prices of kitchen table issues down then he would have won Arizona in a landslide.