Posted on 10/13/2024 11:48:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Las Vegas is best known for its glittering casinos along the Strip, but it is also a perennial political battleground. That is partly because it is a transient region inside a transient state — a place where people move in and out with rapid speed, adding a new crop of voters with every election cycle.
Adding to that volatility is the fact that the state’s demographics skew young, and that the number of new voter registrations keep growing. Much of that growth comes from Hispanic voters, who make up more than 20 percent of the Nevada electorate.
For nearly two decades, Nevada Democrats have eked out wins in the state, making it an essential part of the path to win the White House. But Democrats’ popularity here has slipped recently. Latino voters frequently cite the economy and housing as their top concerns, and many say they are deeply frustrated with the party they once supported.
A Struggling Economy
No other issue is as important in Las Vegas as the economy: Spend a few minutes with any voter and they will tell you about the price of groceries or gas or rent or electricity — or all of the above.
Working-class voters are especially concerned about the cost of housing, with renters struggling to keep up with their monthly payments and increasingly seeing homeownership as out of reach.
Livier Maxwell, a 41-year-old stay-at-home mother, moved from San Diego to Las Vegas more than a decade ago largely because she believed that the economic opportunities would be better. Here, her family can comfortably live on her husband’s salary alone. Ms. Maxwell says she plans to enthusiastically vote for former President Donald J. Trump this year, because she believes he will help improve the economy.
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“a place where people move in and out with rapid speed”
Gee. I know ranch people in Northern Nevada who have lived there for 6 generations. Have some relatives who were original settlers of Bullion, Virginia City, Elko.
I guess if you’re a rootless, stateless, soulless cosmopolitan from Noo Yawk, you might perceive Nevada that way.
Not really true.
They know latin governments.
The lede sounded interesting, but then saw who wrote it.
Never mind. I careth not about anything printed by that ill-educated collection leftists.
the Vegas strip hotel union bosses have been the cause of this problem, but the workers themselves are not stupid, they’re figuring out how the bosses have been manipulating them and their voting
they want decent opportunities to get ahead ... not just false promises and repeated racist appeals
watch, many of them are voting for Trump this time around
the issue won’t be their votes, the issue will be the Demo ETM (Election Theft Machine) that ... at least until recently when I was able to take a look.... that was, is still firmly entrenched in Clark County/Las Vegas
Why?
Because they're smarter than the average bear!
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Look around…they are sole proprietors and small business owners here now, not just workers. The Democrats make life hard for small businesses and entrepreneurs, and don’t give a crap about profitability.
Latinos are voting their wallets. They’ve made it here, by hard work and sacrifice…why would they want to support someone who wants to take from them and give it all away to someone else that hasn’t earned anything?
Me neither. Hey amigos! Vota Trump. Be unburdened.
Not enough benefits?
That makes them smarter than the average bear, doesn’t it?
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