On Saturday night, The Associated Press called President-elect Donald Trump into Arizona, where he swept all seven battleground states and secured victory with 312 Electoral College votes.

In 2020, Joe Biden narrowly won Arizona by just over 10,000 votes, becoming only the second Democrat to win the state since the 1940s (the other being Bill Clinton in 1992). . But this year, Trump expanded into Democratic strongholds and widened his lead in counties he won in 2020.

newsweek on Tuesday produced two maps showing which counties have switched from Democratic to Republican.

A look back at the 2024 results showed Trump reversing or widening his lead in several key counties. Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county, which includes Phoenix, gave Kamala Harris a four-point lead with 89% of votes counted, a decisive fall to Trump. In 2020, Biden won Maricopa by two points.

Trump made gains in all four Arizona counties bordering Mexico compared to 2020, suggesting his campaign message focused on illegal immigration resonated with people there. There is. In Santa Cruz, a Democratic stronghold on the border, he approached President Trump in 2024. Harris won Santa Cruz by 19 points, compared to Biden’s 35-point lead in 2020.

The state also passed Proposition 314, a state-level measure that gives local governments the power to enforce immigration laws, further suggesting that immigration played a role in Trump’s victory. The passage suggests Arizona agrees with President Trump on the need for stricter immigration policies.

Harris maintained the Democratic lead in counties such as Pima, home to Tucson, where she led by 16 points and in Coconino County by 20 points. But her performance in these areas was weaker than that of Mr. Biden, who won by 19 and 24 points, respectively, and was insufficient to counter Mr. Trump’s strength in most other parts of the state. .

In northern Arizona, Trump maintained control of traditionally Republican counties. He won Mohave County by 56 points, Yavapai County by 35 points, and Gila County by 38 points, each with over 95 percent of the votes counted. This solidified his support across the state’s rural areas, which have formed the core of his coalition government since 2016.

Arizona also has a high percentage of Latino voters, with Latinos making up 30% of the state’s population, according to the 2020 Census. National trends show more Latinos voted for Trump in 2024 than in 2020.

According to CNN exit polls, although Harris won more Hispanic/Latino votes than Trump, she fell behind compared to Biden’s victory in 2020, trailing Trump by 6 points. It just won a lot of support.