OPINION — In Arizona, as across the country, the most reliable voting bloc is hiding in plain sight: voters 50 and older. If Republicans are smart, they won’t hand Democrats an easy win by ignoring them.
In 2024, Arizonans 65 and older cast 32% of the vote, and those ages 50 to 64 added another 24%. That’s more than half the electorate.
Arizona’s competitive races are close, but among 50-plus voters the picture shifts right. New polling shows Republicans like Warren Petersen and Rep. Andy Biggs with a roughly 10-point lead with this group. That’s a structural advantage, if the party invests in the issues behind it.
