Harris Courts Trump’s Base as Battle for Rural Vote Heats Up
BloombergOCT 2024
After some worry, it turns out by the suspects very own admission that this was not a politically-motivated attack. Klofkorn, who already had an outstanding arrest warrant, simply wanted to be put in jail. Luckily, it also seems that the amount of ballots destroyed is lower than the initial number of 20 that Phoenix police had revealed were damaged.
Whilst the mailbox incident is stated to have not been influenced by the US election, tension and fears of political violence in Arizona remain a very real worry. This week has also seen a man arrested in connection with three shootings at a DNC office since September, whilst a 17-year-old has been arrested on terrorism charges after planning to bomb a pride event. Despite a simple resolution to the mailbox fire, it will take much more to ease the minds of many Arizona residents.
There is a 60% chance that Republicans will win Arizona in the 2024 US Presidential Election, according to the Metaculus prediction community.