Nevada Primary Voters Sour on Trump as Las Vegas Tourism Slumps and Gas Nears $4
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9
Nevada Primary Voters Sour on Trump as Las Vegas Tourism Slumps and Gas Nears $4
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 9
Summary
Nevada voters heading into the June 9 primary are increasingly uneasy as a drop in Las Vegas tourism and higher gasoline costs squeeze household budgets.
That pressure is testing Donald Trump’s standing in a state he flipped in 2024 after courting service workers with his promise to eliminate taxes on tips.
Las Vegas matters outsizedly to Nevada politics because the Strip’s tourism economy underpins jobs for culinary and hospitality workers long central to the state’s Democratic machine.
The shift suggests economic strains are blunting what had looked like a durable Republican breakthrough in a state Trump became the first GOP presidential winner to carry in 20 years.