Hillary Clinton is set to campaign in the traditionally red state of Arizona just days before Election Day, her campaign announced Friday. “Clinton will lay out what is at stake in the election,” the campaign said in a statement announcing the November 2 event in Phoenix. “With more people voting in this election than any in history, Clinton will urge Arizona voters to take advantage of in-person early voting.” Clinton’s campaign stop in Arizona is part of a concerted effort to turn the traditionally conservative state blue in the last weeks leading up to November 8. With the latest polling coming out of Arizona suggesting that Clinton and Republican opponent Donald Trump are in a statistical tie, a flurry of high-profile Democrats have made appearances at rallies in the Grand Canyon State – including First Lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Chelsea Clinton. The Clinton campaign’s investment in Arizona seems to be paying dividends with promising early voting turnout among Democrats. Registered Democrats this week were reportedly outpacing their Republican counterparts by about 4,000 votes. Then-Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney trounced President Barack Obama in Arizona by 9 points in 2012. The last time the state voted to put a Democrat in the White House was Bill Clinton in 1996.
