Maricopa County 2020 Election Results: Biden Vs. Trump

PHOENIX — Voting for the general election in Maricopa County ended at 7 p.m., with President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden hoping to win Arizona's most populous county. Biden is now president-elect, even as vote counting continues in Arizona.

Trump won Maricopa County with 747, 361 votes in 2016, compared to Hillary Clinton's 702,907 votes. An average of national, regional and local polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight has Biden leading Trump in Arizona.

These are the results as of 8 a.m. Monday:

Donald Trump: 980,494

Joe Biden: 1,027,269

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Those numbers are according to the Maricopa County Recorder's Office.

While Arizona's 11 electoral votes have long gone to Republican candidates, Maricopa County has increasingly turned purple. This is largely due to shifting demographics, an influx in people moving to Phoenix from other states and a growing Latino population. It is also home to a large urban center in Phoenix, the fifth largest city in the U.S.

Maricopa County is also home to sprawling suburban areas, whose female voters have increasingly turned away from the president.

“Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American dream,” Trump has warned crowds at his rallies, and asking suburban women to "please like [him.]"

The Associated Press reported that recent polls show Biden winning support from about 60 percent of suburban women. In 2016, Clinton won 52 percent, according to an estimate by the Pew Research Center.

Major Arizona Republican names, including former Sen. Jeff Flake and Cindy McCain, have crossed party lines to endorse Biden for the presidency.

Maricopa County helped elect Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, in 2018 — the state's first Democratic senator since 1995, and its first female senator.

But Republicans are still a mainstay in the state, especially in the populous Maricopa County. The county's new registered voters counted more Republicans than any other party.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs warned that results might not be ready Nov. 3. That is largely due to the high number of mail-in ballots expected this year. Arizona also has a law on the books that gives voters five business days to fix their ballot signatures if they don't match what the office has on file.

“The election doesn’t end on Election Day,” Hobbs said at a news conference Oct. 14.

The Associated Press projected Binner the winner in Arizona shortly before 1 a.m., following Fox News' projection earlier Tuesday night.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.