From The Hill (I know, I know, but this seems to be fairly written), 11/01/2020:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523693-why-maricopa-county-will-choose-the-next-president%3famp
GLENDALE, Ariz. - The path to the White House runs straight through an elementary school playfield here, where on a recent Saturday morning a plane paid for by the Democratic National Committee drags a banner urging parents watching their kids play soccer to vote.
Those parents, and the other 4.7 million residents in Maricopa County, are at the epicenter of the battle for the White House. For the first time in decades, the largest county in this ordinarily conservative swing state has become an urgent priority for both Democrats and Republicans. No single media market has attracted more political advertising spending than have television stations in Phoenix.
Together, the voters of Maricopa County represent a microcosm of the poles dividing American politics today, from the nativist anti-immigration hardliners who have been President Trump's most ardent supporters to the growing minority communities who are finding their political power anew.
The fulcrum, the voters who will decide how this state - and the nation - tilts Tuesday, are the growing number of suburbanites in the rapidly expanding developments that have sent Maricopa County's population skyrocketing. They come in search of inexpensive housing, good-paying jobs in the growing tech sector, and the year-round sun for golf-loving retirees.
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