Democrats get disproportionate share of Maricopa County temporary poll-worker jobs
Democrats count for only 30% of registrations in the county but may have over 60% of the temporary poll-worker jobs.
In three recent elections — the August 2020 primary, the November 2020 general, and the November 2021 district elections — Maricopa County hired nearly 3,000 temporary workers to staff the polling locations. There were only 2,124 unique hires because some people were hired more than once. Of those, 1,001 (47%) were registered Democrat when they worked. Another 286, in the past decade, were either registered Democrats or asked for Democrat primary ballots, bringing the share of probable Democrats to 61%.
| reported party | recently DEM | probable true affiliation | share | |
| DEM | 1,001 | 286 | 1,287 | 61% |
| GRN | 2 | 2 | ||
| IND | 95 | -56 | 39 | 2% |
| LBT | 11 | 11 | 1% | |
| PND | 329 | -162 | 167 | 8% |
| REP | 686 | -68 | 618 | 29% |
| total | 2,124 | 2,124 |
I will examine the nearly 1,000 temporary workers hired to work at the downtown counting center (MCTEC) in another post.
(My source material for this post is (1) a recent FOIA request I made, and (2) county election data provided under ARS 16-168.)
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