Associated Press
Vice President Kamala Harris is working to make Nevada look like less of a political gamble in November’s election.
The Democratic presidential nominee visits the state on Saturday with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. It’s the final stop of a battleground blitz in which Democrats are showing new energy after President Joe Biden exited the race and Harris replaced him at the top of the ticket. That new enthusiasm has enabled them to boost turnout efforts in swing states such as Nevada and Arizona, which Harris visited Friday.
Magnolia Magat, a 59-year-old restaurant owner in Las Vegas who lives in the neighboring city of Henderson, said she’s now “more hopeful” about the election.
“I am very happy that not only is our candidate a woman, she is Black and she’s also Asian,” said Magat, who is Filipino American. “And it’s not because Harris is a woman that I want to endorse her. It’s because she’s highly capable of running the country.”
As part of the trip, Harris is hoping to build greater support among Latino voters. In 2020, Biden narrowly beat Republican Donald Trump by 2.4 percentage points in Nevada. Trump, the former president, is trying this time to create more support in a state that relies on the hotel, restaurant and entertainment industry by pledging to make workers’ tips tax-free.
But the union representing 60,000 workers in that industry, the Culinary Workers Union, announced Friday night its endorsement of Harris. About 54% of the union’s members are Latino, 55% women and 60% immigrants.
“The path to victory runs through Nevada,” the union said in a statement, “and the Culinary Union will deliver Nevada for President Kamala Harris and Vice President Tim Walz.”
AP VoteCast found in 2020 that 14% of Nevada voters were Hispanic, with Biden winning 54% of their votes. His margin with Hispanic voters was slightly better nationwide, a sign that Democrats cannot take this bloc of voters for granted.
In Nevada’s rural Douglas County near the California border, Gail Scott, 71, serves on the central committee of the local Democratic Party and said she didn’t initially agree with calls for Biden to leave the race. Trump won the county in 2016 and 2020, but trimming his margins there could lower his ability to compete in Nevada.
Scott said it’s impossible to miss the energy that Harris has created among younger voters who could help statewide.
“Young people are embracing Kamala Harris and the enthusiasm and the joy that she’s brought to the campaign,” she said.
Brian Shaw, a Republican from northern Nevada, said Harris’ arrival on the top of the ticket could make it harder for Trump to win because Biden was a “pitiful candidate” and there’s little time to expose the vice president’s “incompetence.”
He said he attended Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance’s rally in Reno on July 30 and found him to be “likable, capable, polished as a politician, but not veneered.” He didn’t have much of an opinion of Walz.
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August 10, 2024 at 11:28 am
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Yrral
August 10, 2024 at 11:40 am
Going against a man that bankrupt a casino,I put my money on Harris
Day 20
August 10, 2024 at 11:52 am
You happy with the current economic conditions in this country? Will Harris defend her and the Joe Biden’s economic policies or will she run from them.? You and I both know that answer.
Ocean Joe
August 13, 2024 at 8:45 am
Talk your man out of tariffs. Tell your wealthy donors to hold off on the tax cut they always get as repayment for their contributions. Were we ready for covid? Did Trump exhibit leadership or did he fold like a cheap suit and start following the advice of right wing talking heads and their conspiracies from bleach to hydroxychloroquine to ivermectin dividing us.
PeterH
August 10, 2024 at 1:07 pm
NYT Kamala Harris – Walz are now ahead in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin! She has changed the dynamics in this race. A Blue Tsunami is coming in November!
Today’s GQP MUST be destroyed before it can be rebuilt from the ground up. Get rid of MAGA. Get rid of the FREEDUMB caucus clowns! Get rid of MTG and the Qanon quacks!
Republicans are America’s worst enemy!
Vote all Republicans out of office!
Day 21
August 11, 2024 at 12:12 pm
So now Kammy is telling the workers in Vegas that she wouldn’t tax tips. Where did she hear that one? Is there a single original thought in her head?
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August 12, 2024 at 1:06 am
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August 12, 2024 at 7:32 pm
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