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If Arizona flips from red to blue this year — and according to most polls, that appears highly possible — it would be a historical outlier: The state has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1952, except one.

But it probably wouldn’t be a blip.

Arizona has been trending blue for years, driven by its increasingly ethnically diverse electorate and growing Democratic strength among suburban voters.

“The state’s clearly in motion,” said Paul Maslin, a veteran Democratic pollster. A victory there for Joe Biden, Maslin added, “would be a furthering of those trends: the Latino vote locking in for Democrats, but also a suburban vote — around Phoenix and Tucson — moving Democratic.”

How Democratic candidate Cameron Webb is flipping votes in Virginia's 5th district.

Joe Biden is projected to have won his birth state of Pennsylvania, pushing his electoral vote total beyond the 270 needed to win the election. The Keystone State had gone blue in every presidential election since 1988 until Trump flipped it by less than 1% of the vote in 2016. Biden had focused his campaign intensely on the commonwealth in the final days of the race, with major rallies in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh on the eve of the election. In his final campaign speech, Biden called on Pennsylvanians to be the deciding voice of the election, saying, 'You represent the backbone of this country: hardworking families who are asking nothing but a fair shot, an even chance. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things … The power to change this country is in your hands.'

Stacey Abrams isn't slowing down.

Soon after it became clear Friday that Georgia, once a reliable Republican stronghold, wouldn't easily bend toward victory for President Donald Trump, Abrams, the voting rights activist and former candidate for governor, took to social media.

First, she recognized the achievement, thanking elated voters and activists in a video posted to her social media accounts for their efforts over the years to create "this new Georgia." Then, she turned their attention elsewhere: to the state's two potential Senate runoff races.

"We have seen what is possible when we work hard and when we work together," Abrams said in the video statement. "We know we can win Georgia. Now let's get it done, again."

That laser focus on turning out voters and protecting their votes has come to define Abrams, who is being widely applauded for her work in transforming Georgia into a battleground.
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Although the presidential race is still too close to call in Georgia, tributes have been pouring in for Abrams from prominent Democrats, activists and celebrities as President-elect Joe Biden's vote margin over Trump has widened.

"Either way this goes in Georgia, we owe @staceyabrams our greatest gratitude and respect," former national security adviser Susan Rice tweeted Nov. 4. "Rarely does one person deserve such disproportionate credit for major progress and change."
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Democrats are hopeful that the momentum she and other organizers have built will be enough to oust Republicans from Georgia's Senate seats.

Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, will face Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in a runoff Jan. 5. Meanwhile, Republican Sen. David Perdue's race against Democrat Jon Ossoff is still rated "too close to call" by NBC News. It could also go to a runoff if Perdue remains short of the 50 percent threshold he needs to win outright.

Abrams has already fired up her campaign to get Warnock and Ossoff elected, doing media rounds this week and calling on Georgia voters and fundraisers.