In the 2018 midterms, Arizona residents and residents of other swing states who previously voted for Republican candidates switched to Democrats. Healthcare was a major reason for this change. One right-leaning small business owner interviewed by the Journal, April Gould, told the newspaper: “Healthcare in this country is a mess. We should get rid of the insurance game and make it one cost for everyone.”
In Arizona, the victory of Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema over Republican Sen. Martha McSally — who later was appointed to the seat vacated after the death of Republican John McCain — marked the first time the state elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988. Healthcare was a large part of Ms. Sinema’s platform. It was also among the three issues voters deemed most important in the race, according to a poll from the Arizona Republic and Suffolk University in Boston cited by the Journal.
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