Democrats, Clinton counting on Latinos to win Arizona

The prospect of Arizona voting for a Democrat for president has become more of a possibility as Donald Trump loses support within his party and organizations make a push to get Latinos to vote in a state that has long struggled to get its sizable Hispanic population to the polls.

Activists are going door-to-door and carrying signs in predominantly Hispanic neighborhoods to rally voters on a proposed minimum-wage increase that's also on the ballot and popular among Latinos.

[...] turnout has been disappointing for political parties hoping to draw the Latino vote in Arizona because they have been reluctant to register to vote.

Advocates hope the tide will turn with a major push to increase Latino voter registration.

Many of the organizations involved have been vocal opponents of the sheriff, staging protests outside his office and organizing massive demonstrations.

Former Gov. Jan Brewer, a Trump supporter who signed the landmark immigration crackdown known as SB1070, dismissed the notion of her state voting Democratic, telling the Boston Globe this month: Nah.

[...] the image the state has is from some of the things the Legislature has done, said David Berman, a senior research fellow at the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University.

The Scottsdale real estate agent identifies as an independent but registered Republican to vote for Trump in the March primary.