Arizona's Generic Ballot and Trends

Arizona's Generic Ballot and Trends

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 26, 2018

More than half of Arizona voters have already sent in their ballots.

59% of voters have already sent in their ballots. 29% plan on sending in their ballot, but have not, and 12% plan on voting at the polls.

Current Voting Trends

Right direction is going up.

The amount of Arizonans who think the state is going in the right direction has gone up three points, to 49%. Those who think the state is on the wrong track remain at 38%.

Right/Wrong Direction

Immigration up 6 points among top issues.

Top issues are consistent, with immigration, education and health care being the most important to voters. Since our last poll, immigration has risen by 6 points, to 37%. Education has gone down 7 points, to 25%, and health care has risen 5 points, to 19%.

Top Issues Facing Arizona

Trump job disapproval going up.

Trump's job approval has gone down slightly, to 54%. The amount of voters who disapprove has risen two points, to 46%.

Trump Job Approval

More Republicans among congressional voters.

Of Arizona's congressional voter turnout, 50% consider themselves Republican, 41% are Democratic, 4% are other and 5% have no opinion or do not know.

50% Republican | 41% Democrat


Quote from Chief Pollster and Managing Partner Mike Noble: "As you can see, immigration is going up among top issues in Arizona and education is heading down. This could be a result of many factors, potentially including Trump's recent rally in Arizona or the migrant caravan in Mexico."

Methodology: This 42% landline and 58% cell phone poll was completed by OH Predictive Insights on October 22–23, 2018, from a likely 2018 General Election voter sample. The sample demographics accurately reflected party affiliation, gender, region, and age. Sample size: 600 completed surveys, MoE ± 4%.


Media Contacts: Annelise Krafft, OH Predictive Insights — [email protected], (480) 414-8770 | John Cuthbert, ABC15 — [email protected], (602) 803-2529

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Chart from Arizona's Generic Ballot and Trends
Chart from Arizona's Generic Ballot and Trends