Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act, county-by-county

From the Arizona Secretary of State's official canvass of results, a county-by-county breakdown of Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act (aka "Medical Choice Act") totals from this November's election:

County	Yes	No
Apache	13,864	8,972
Cochise	25,332	21,333
Coconino	23,420	27,600
Gila	10,943	9,794
Graham	6,202	5,060
Greenlee	1,375	1,299
La Paz	2,786	2,330
Maricopa	622,462	614,546
Mohave	35,042	27,928
Navajo	17,863	14,940
Pima	165,407	203,263
Pinal	49,502	49,174
Santa Cruz	5,767	6,334
Yavapai	48,083	45,446
Yuma	20,464	19,180

Totals: 1,048,512 in favor, 1,057,199 against; the nays have it.

Had AHCCCS head Anthony Rodgers not spun mal fide tall tales about the measure's implications, it would probably have been a landslide in favor. Had Maricopa County Superior Court judge Kenneth Magnum ruled that Rodgers' actions constituted illegal electioneering, the damage might have been contained. A suggestion to incoming Governor Jan Brewer: request
Rodgers's resignation.

Regardless, it was close. And there is something rather wrong with Pima and Santa Cruz counties, which is to say, for practical purposes, the Tucson area plus Nogales. The absence of classical-liberal clubs and policy institutes of the sort found in Maricopa County is acute.