Nevada, with an economy based largely on tourism and hospitality around Las Vegas, is home to a sizable working-class population. Both Trump and Harris have announced this no tax on tips policy in Nevada earlier this year, underscoring the dominance of service sector workers in the Silver State.

Although a Republican presidential candidate has not won Nevada since 2004, the Democrats’ margin of victory has decreased in recent years. The Silver State’s economy, which relies on the hospitality industry, was hardest hit by pandemic shutdowns in 2020, leading to a much slower recovery than other states and frustration with Democratic-led policies.

In 2022, Republicans flipped the governor’s mansion, and the state was home to the nation’s largest Senate race, suggesting this could play a serious role for Republicans even at the presidential level in 2024. But Nevada, a state with high population turnover, has historically caused problems in elections. And the largest voting bloc – more than 30% of voters – is registered as nonpartisan in 2024.

All but two counties supported Trump in the last election — but those two Democratic-voting counties, home to Las Vegas and Reno, make up the bulk of the state’s population. President Biden defeated Trump in the Elections 2020 by more than 33,000 votes, and Hillary Clinton won the state in 2016, beating Trump by just over 27,000 votes.

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican Sam Brown face off in a key Senate race in Nevada as Democrats fight to retain control of the chamber. Brown, a 40-year-old businessman and former Army captain who lost the 2022 Republican Senate primary, is aiming to dethrone Rosen in her first re-election bid and give the Republican Party its first victory in the Silver State Senate seat since 2012.

Polls close in Nevada at 7:00 PM PT (10:00 PM ET).