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Democrats, Clinton counting on Latinos to win Arizona

In this photo taken Oct. 18, 2016, workers with the Living United for Change in Arizona organization, known as LUCHA, spoke with a registered voter at a south Phoenix home advocating for the passage of Proposition 206, which would increase the state's minimum wage. The organization was part of a non-partisan voter registration drive this year in Latino neighborhoods that resulted in 150,000 new registered voters. Democrats hope Latinos in Arizona will help turn the traditionally conservative state blue for the first time in 20 years. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan)
In this photo taken Oct. 18, 2016, workers with the Living United for Change in Arizona organization, known as LUCHA, spoke with a registered voter at a south Phoenix home advocating for the passage of Proposition 206, which would increase the state's minimum wage. The organization was part of a non-partisan voter registration drive this year in Latino neighborhoods that resulted in 150,000 new registered voters. Democrats hope Latinos in Arizona will help turn the traditionally conservative state blue for the first time in 20 years. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan) In this photo taken Oct. 18, 2016, workers with the Living United for Change in Arizona organization, known as LUCHA, spoke with a registered voter at a south Phoenix home advocating for the passage of Proposition 206, which would increase the state's minimum wage. The organization was part of a non-partisan voter registration drive this year in Latino neighborhoods that resulted in 150,000 new registered voters. Democrats hope Latinos in Arizona will help turn the traditionally conservative state blue for the first time in 20 years. (AP Photo/Astrid Galvan)

By Associated Press 5 min read

PHOENIX (AP) – Sara Morales became an American citizen in 2010 and has voted in every election since. This year, the Phoenix resident will be casting a ballot for Hillary Clinton, joining the tens of thousands of Latinos who Democrats hope will swing the traditionally conservative state in their direction.

The prospect of Arizona voting for a Democrat for president has become more of a possibility as Donald Trump loses support within his party and organizations make a push to get Latinos to vote in a state that has long struggled to get its sizable Hispanic population to the polls.

In some ways, Trump and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio are making the task easier this year. Trump has angered many Latinos by calling Mexicans rapists and vowing to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it. Arpaio has long been reviled by Latinos over his immigration raids.

Activists are going door-to-door and carrying signs in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods to rally voters on a proposed minimum-wage increase that’s also on the ballot and popular among Latinos.

Morales, a custodian at a local school who is originally from Sonora, Mexico, struggled at first to find the right words to express how she feels about Trump. She rolled her eyes.