BATTLEGROUND SERIES: Key swing state's 6 electoral votes hinge on candidate performances in this county

LAS VEGAS - The predetermination results successful Clark County, Nevada, will play a captious domiciled successful deciding which statesmanlike campaigner takes location nan state’s 6 electoral votes successful a region wherever independent voters and statement switchers could make nan difference.

There are astir 1.4 cardinal progressive registered voters successful Clark County, Nevada, including astir 450,000 Democrats, 350,000 Republicans and much than 500,000 voters who place arsenic nonpartisan, Independent, aliases Libertarian, which makes up astir 70% of nan voters successful nan authorities of Nevada.

Former Democratic statesmanlike campaigner Hillary Clinton won Clark County by 10 points successful 2016, and President Biden won by astir nan aforesaid separator successful 2020. The Democratic candidates won Nevada wide those years by little than 3 points, and erstwhile Presidnet Donald Trump’s expertise to constrictive nan spread successful Clark County will play a cardinal domiciled successful his chances to go nan first Republican to triumph Nevada since erstwhile President George W. Bush successful 2004.

Union workers employed by edifice casinos successful Las Vegas, who activity for unions that typically endorse and canvas for Democrats, play a important domiciled successful Clark County elections.

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Clark County, Nevada, will play a cardinal domiciled successful nan 2024 election.

Fox News Digital spoke pinch two of those national members earlier this month, erstwhile some said that lodging costs are a cardinal rumor for them.

"I will beryllium a first-time location buyer. I want to support my boy successful a house…I don’t want to beryllium rent to rent, that’s 1 of nan biggest issues correct now present I would opportunity successful Nevada," Lino Paredes, a personnel of nan Culinary Workers Union which endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, said, adding that he supports Harris’ proposed program to thief pinch down payments for houses. 

"And then, pinch these prices, you know, value gouging from these corporations. They’re not helping america astatine all, truthful we’re asking, and we’re looking for personification that is consenting to help…she’s a very talented woman, and truthful I deliberation that she will lead this country."

Nevada GOP Chair Michael McDonald recently told Fox News Digital that nan enthusiasm for nan Republican summons successful Nevada, specifically Clark County, is much than he has ever seen and suggested that Trump will beryllium successful courting national voters pinch his level that includes eliminating taxes connected tips. 

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Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

"I deliberation nan power has risen," McDonald said. "You could telephone for a rally, you're talking astir 5,000 group who get turned distant because there's conscionable nary room. You're talking astir group that erstwhile you telephone for volunteers, they're each complete nan place. Our walkers, we don't person conscionable members. We person teams that are going retired which we've ne'er seen before."

Jon Ralston, CEO and editor of The Nevada Independent, told Spectrum News 1 that Trump’s position connected taxing tips could beryllium important successful Clark County.

"Trump is really utilizing that arsenic his signature rumor here," Ralston said. "If he tin penetrate past nan leadership, into nan rank-and-file, and disagreement them a small bit, that could trim down nan Democratic separator successful Clark County and that's really he could triumph nan state." 

"And you know, nan Democrats, they person national workers that are being paid to locomotion retired arsenic volunteers. And we person teams now that you've ne'er seen before. So nan power and enthusiasm is correct successful our wheelhouse."

Early voting successful Nevada began past weekend, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that retired of nan voters who formed their ballots connected nan first time successful Clark County, 49.2% were Republicans, 30.5% were Democrats and 20.2% were Independents. 

On Thursday, Ralston reported that Republicans person a statewide early voting lead of 17,000 successful Nevada, pinch Democrats starring successful Clark County by conscionable nether 7,000.

In summation to nan statesmanlike race, Clark County will besides play a cardinal domiciled successful determining who nan adjacent legislator of Nevada is, arsenic incumbent Jacky Rosen faces a challenger from Republican warfare seasoned Sam Brown. 

Fox News Digital recently reported that Brown has narrowed nan spread pinch Rosen pinch little than 2 weeks to spell earlier Election Day. 

"The number-one rumor that folks person been worried astir for nan past mates of years has been nan system and really this Biden-Harris system has put truthful overmuch unit connected individuals, connected families," Brown recently told Fox News Digital astatine an arena pinch GOP Sen. John Kennedy successful Las Vegas.

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine a watch statement aft a statesmanlike statement pinch erstwhile President Donald Trump. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The Hispanic ballot is besides expected to play a ample domiciled successful determining nan occurrence of some statesmanlike candidates successful Clark County.

Democratic campaigns and affiliated groups person poured astir $3.5 cardinal into Spanish connection TV ads successful Nevada, acold surpassing nan money Republicans person spent connected akin ads, NBC News reported.

"They’re important astatine each level of nan ticket," Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha told nan outlet regarding nan Hispanic vote.

Polling shows Trump making historic gains pinch Hispanic voters compared to erstwhile Republican candidates. Fox News Digital said to attendees astatine a pro-Trump Latino outreach arena successful Clark County earlier this month, and respective Hispanic voters discussed really forbidden migration is an important rumor for them.

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"Between nan drugs, nan quality trafficking, and now nan millions of forbidden immigrants that we person crossing complete that we person not vetted aliases that person really been charged for execution successful different countries," Lydia Dominguez, a Clark County resident, told Fox News Digital. "So it's alarming what's happening astatine nan border."

The Real Clear Politics mean of polling betwixt Trump and Harris shows Trump pinch a slim lead of little than a percent constituent arsenic some candidates and their surrogates person made aggregate trips to Nevada successful caller weeks.