How abortion rights and immigration are shaping the race for Arizona’s 11 electoral votes

Abortion and immigration are driving factors in the election in all corners of the country, but the issues are colliding in Arizona like few other battlegrounds.

David Tapia has watched one election after another from the sidelines, unfazed and largely uninterested in politics. Until this year, when Donald Trump’s candidacy stirred him to become more politically aware. He intends to cast his first vote for Kamala Harris. “Looking at both sides, I’ll be honest, I’m not a supporter of Trump. I’m just not,” said Tapia, 42. “I have no fear of him winning, I don’t think any of us should. I think it’s really what’s right and what’s wrong.” The balance between Arizonans who share Tapia’s views and those who disagree may go a long way in determining the outcome of the fight for the state’s 11 electoral votes. It’s one of the tightest battlegrounds in the country, where Latino men are highly coveted by both sides. With early voting already underway here, the presidential candidates, their running mates and a parade of surrogates are descending upon the state in a scramble to gain the upper hand in a race that several polls suggest is stubbornly close. “Arizona is the blue wall of the southwest,” said Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, a Democrat.