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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both easily won Tuesday's Arizona presidential primary.
Biden won Arizona in 2020 by more than 10,000 votes, winning 89.7% of voters in the Democratic primary and securing 346,906 votes. Marianne Williamson came in a distant second place with 3.4% or 13,305 votes.
On the Republican side, Trump received 404,902 votes, or 76.4%, and Nikki Haley received 106,180 votes, or 20% of the total votes cast.
Voter turnout was 34.8%, according to the Arizona Secretary of State's Office, and the results reflect the results of the entire primary season, as Biden and Trump locked in their respective party's nominations before Arizona's vote. are doing.
Arizona is seen as a battleground state in the 2024 presidential election and could determine the next occupant of the White House. Arizona voters have countless other choices on their November ballot, including the state's new U.S. senator and a host of potential ballot proposals and initiatives.
The state could be decided by independent voters who will have a chance to express their opinion on the next president in November. More than a third of Arizona's voters did not vote in the primary because Arizona's primaries are closed and only members of each party can vote in their respective primaries.
