Does Arizona have some of the most "liberal" Republicans and Independents of any state?

[kwabbit]

In states where one party had the upper hand for a long time, the majority party has broad ranks and the minority party has narrow ranks. Extending past the partisanship of the state, even. Thus independents compromise more of the left than the right. Since Arizona has pretty rapidly trended left, the party registration and identification are lagging behind the actual vote choices. Thus you might have a lot of Romney types voting for the moderate Democrats the AZ Dems have put up and the already left leaning independents voting strongly for the Dem.