Ted Downing

Independent and former two-term Arizona legislator who co-authored the 2012 Arizona Top 2 Open Primary initiative. Professor of Social Development at the University of Arizona and Oxford Visiting Scholar.

Independent Survey: Strong Support for Open Primary in Arizona

With early balloting beginning on 11 October, a new independent poll finds the Arizona Top 2, Open Primary initiative likely to pass. No recent, independent polling data has been available

By Ted Downing

October 9, 2012

Independent Survey: Strong Support for Open Primary in Arizona

Poll: Happy People More Likely to Vote

A survey released by 8Sages.com finds that among Arizona voters, Barack Obama has a slim lead over Mitt Romney in the Presidential race (43.2% Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

By Ted Downing

October 9, 2012

Obama Could Win Arizona? A New Poll Suggests that He Could

A survey released by 8Sages.com finds that among Arizona voters, Barack Obama has a slim lead over Mitt Romney in the Presidential race (43.2% Barack Obama, Mitt Romney

By Ted Downing

October 9, 2012

Obama Could Win Arizona? A New Poll Suggests that He Could

Russell Pearce Calls Proposition 121 Open Primary “un-American”

Former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce came out strongly against Proposition 121 in a statement to all voters published by the Arizona Secretary of State. “Don’t be fooled”, the

By Ted Downing

October 8, 2012

Russell Pearce Calls Proposition 121 Open Primary “un-American”