Joe Arpaio Gets A Whomp-whomping 19.5% In AZ Senate Primary

[hatrack]

Buh-bye, asshole.

Oh, and even combined with Kelli Ward's votes, it wouldn't have been enough to beat McSally.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/28/us/elections/arizona-primary-elections.html

[SunSeeker]

1. Can you give us a few paragraphs from the article?

NYT has a paywall. Thanks.

[hatrack]

6. It's really just a maps/stats page

Having said that:

McSally - 238,264 52.2%
Ward - 129,384 - 28.3%
Arpaio - 88.819 - 19.5%

Even in Maricopa County, Sheriff Asshole only got 18.5% of the vote. He won exactly one county - Yuma - and barely got that - 35.2%, versus 32.4% for both McSally and Ward.

[SunSeeker]

7. Thanks.

[Geechie]

13. Well that answers one Jeopardy question

Q. Yuma, Arizona

A. What is "exactly the worst county to live in the US," Alex?

[oberliner]

2. What if you campaign his total with Ward's

Scary that 47 percent of Republicans in AZ voted for those two lunatics.

[pretzel4gore]

4. the 1/3rd rule

after the Goldwater debacle 1964 the nazipoohs went into thinking mode and, recognizing taking candy from a baby is very easy, providing you ignore the child, they did so. Some wise guy noted that the electorate is divided into three: 1/3rd vote fascist, 1/3rd vote antifa, so what's in play in 1/2 plus ONE VOTE of the mushy middle 3rd, iow 15 % of voters decide where society is going. As you can see, once the debate becomes narrowed (and messing with vote count etc leads to 'hanging chads' etc) it's literally taking a lollipop from a screaming kid! Thus regan, geebush, trump!
Most citizens are left out of process, by design

[Hortensis]

12. Agree completely, Oberliner. A new authoritarian wave

on the right, strongly supported by social conservatives, has risen behind Trump's populist banner. The kind of people who would support extreme, deliberately vicious cruelty to children because their leader says to would also put Democrats in cages.

[Ilsa]

3. I'm surprised he can run for office after being pardoned, or

that anyone with the ability to form a coherent thought would vote for him.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. In many Republican circles, a pardon is a badge of honor 'cause...

Raygun said no Republican is ever wrong......

With all the Repugs I know, a rational, fact-base thought process would bust their heads wide open. Why think or read books when Faux News and talk radio can do your thinking for you (and at no charge)?

Just like going to a nail salon........

[FBaggins]

5. I'm not sure why that's a good thing in this case

McSally Will be tough to beat, when either of them would have been easy.

[grantcart]

9. That was the only point of him running

I wonder how many pissed off Ward supporters will stay home?

[flying_wahini]

11. Well this is true but she seemed the smartest of the bunch; which isn't saying much.

[beachbum bob]

8. be good to fund a 3rd party race for Arpaio...lets do some GOP tactics back at them

[workinclasszero]

10. Yes I hope that pardoned criminal

runs a third party spoiler campaign.

[olegramps]

15. The 20% vote tells alot about the extremism of the Republican Party.

[Farmergene]

16. Good!

I'm glad Arpaio got shut down. He's a pardoned criminal, a hard ass racist and a total jerk. IMO there is no room in politics for him, and he should be in prison instead.

[gopiscrap]

17. I agree but I would love to see him go third party and fuck that race up for the repukes

[aggiesal]

18. Arpaio won Yuma county? ...

What kind of nut cases live there?

I know their High School nickname is Convicts, but do they have to vote for one as well?
I guess they needed a real mascot!

[Paladin]

19. Glad to see AZ giving this worthless old has-been his walking papers. (nt)

[IronLionZion]

20. Kyrsten Sinema has a fighting chance

Dems could pick up one or both Senate seats in Arizona considering dipshit's trashing of popular John McCain.