{"id":2176833,"date":"2024-02-15T06:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-voter-groups-that-could-decide-a-trump-biden-rematch-in-nevada\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T11:46:17","slug":"two-voter-groups-that-could-decide-a-trump-biden-rematch-in-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-voter-groups-that-could-decide-a-trump-biden-rematch-in-nevada\/","title":{"rendered":"Key voter groups that may determine the outcome of a Trump-Biden rematch in Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-voter-groups-that-could-decide-a-trump-biden-rematch-in-nevada%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2176833&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>LAS \u2062VEGAS \u2014 Biden&#8217;s Hold on Nevada in Jeopardy as Trump Gains Ground<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>President Joe\u200c Biden defeated \u2064Donald Trump in Nevada in 2020 in part\u2063 on the \u200dstrength of his support from Latino and \u200bunion voters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But shifting attitudes on the economy\u200c and border, plus\u2062 recent Republican\u200d inroads in those communities, are \u200draising fresh questions\u2062 as \u200bto whether\u200c Biden could lose a\u200d decidedly purple state to the former president in November.<\/p>\n<p>Biden won the\u2064 Silver State in the 2020 election by less than 3 points. And a repeat in \u200b2024\u2063 is\u2064 far from guaranteed. In Morning Consult\u2018s latest\u2062 Nevada polling for Bloomberg News, Trump was defeating Biden 48% to 40%.<\/p>\n<p>The poll \u2062follows a national trend, with Biden\u2019s approval ratings \u200dunderwater and Trump leading \u200cin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/\" title=\"DeSantis admits Trump's loss in 2020 election.\">key battleground \u200dstates<\/a>. But whether \u2064Trump, the \u200dlikely Republican nominee for president, wins in Nevada will depend on if he can appeal to the unique demographics of the state.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, he\u200b will\u2062 need to court Hispanics, who make up\u200b more than 30% of \u2064its residents, and union \u200chouseholds, \u200bas the \u2063state boasts a membership rate of \u206312.4%, above the national average of \u200d10% in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>These groups have incrementally shifted away \u200dfrom their historically consistent support of Democrats but more sided with\u2062 Biden in 2020.<\/p>\n<h3>Hispanics \u200band\u200c Latinos: The Deciding Factor<\/h3>\n<p>Peter Guzman, the \u2062president and CEO \u200dof the Latin Chamber of Commerce Nevada, believes Hispanics\u2062 and Latinos will be \u200dthe deciding\u200b factor in \u20622024, but he said they aren\u2019t\u200c going to be making their final\u200c decisions\u200c any \u2063time\u2062 soon.\u2062 \u201cThey\u2019re definitely waiting. They\u2019re paying attention like they never\u200d had before,\u201d he \u200csaid. Their decisions will be\u2064 based on\u200b education and \u200b\u201chow their\u2063 wallet looks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d the 2020 presidential election, Biden maintained \u200bsupport from the majority of Hispanic \u200bvoters, \u200dbut Trump still managed to\u2063 improve his posture with\u2064 the\u200c demographic \u2064from 2016, particularly within the working class, according to the Pew Research\u200c Center. \u2063This trend \u2062toward Republicans could be a \u2064problem for\u2064 Biden,\u2063 as roughly \u206240% of votes in \u2064his favor \u200dcame from racial and ethnic minorities and\u200b thus \u2062are an integral part of his electoral coalition.<\/p>\n<p>The increase in\u200b support for \u200cTrump among Latinos was reiterated\u2064 by Guzman, who said the\u2064 various indictments\u200b against the former\u2062 president were just serving\u200c as \u201dnoise\u201d to those in the community and \u200bpredicted that Trump\u2019s numbers were going up. He further noted that Latinos in Nevada \u201cconducting business and living a good life absolutely understand border security, and \u200bthey do \u200cnot agree with open borders.\u201d \u2062This has\u200b notably been \u2062a prominent \u200bcampaign issue for\u2063 Trump since\u200d his first bid in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>President of \u2062the Global \u200cHuman Rights League Eva \u2064Sara Landau, an immigrant from Bolivia who wore a \u201cLatinas \u2062for Trump\u201d shirt to\u200d the former president\u2019s Nevada\u200d caucus celebration, agreed\u200b that the border is \u201cvery important for Nevada,\u201d\u200c given its geographic\u200d proximity. She claimed\u2063 other Hispanics\u200d had\u200b approached her upon seeing her supportive \u2063Trump shirt,\u200d explaining, \u201cThey start \u200bsitting down with me \u200cand they said, \u200d\u2018The border \u2013 that\u200b is \u200bthe most dangerous thing.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Union Members:\u2063 A Key\u200b Voting Bloc<\/h3>\n<p>As for union members and their families in the Silver \u2064State,\u2062 a strong\u2064 showing\u200d attended \u2062Biden\u2019s recent campaign \u200bevent \u2064in North \u200dLas Vegas, where he touted his record as \u2063the \u201cmost pro-union\u2063 president\u2064 in history.\u201d Biden made \u200dhistory last\u2062 year during the United Auto Workers strike when he became the first\u200b sitting president to join striking union workers in \u2063a picket line. During the event, \u200dmembers reinforced \u2064their\u200b commitment to the president.<\/p>\n<p>But in\u2063 polls since Trump\u200c arrived on the political scene in 2015,\u2062 union workers have shown an openness to\u2064 Trump, who is in\u200b turn courting the group \u2064at every juncture. During the UAW \u200dstrike, Trump made the\u2062 trip\u200c to Michigan, diverting from the traditional primary campaign locations, \u200bto speak\u200c to workers.\u2064 More recently, the former president met \u200dtwice in the new year \u2064with the International Brotherhood \u2062of Teamsters in the hope of securing the group\u2019s endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>One retired Teamsters \u200cmember\u2063 in Nevada recently explained to\u200b the Washington Examiner why he planned \u200bto \u2062support Trump. \u201cI\u2062 don\u2019t care if \u2062you\u2019re Democrat or Republican.\u2064 I look at who\u2019s gonna put\u200b money \u200cin my pocket,\u201d said Ken Varney. He \u2063participated in the \u200bstate\u2019s \u200cprimary last week, voting \u2062for\u2062 \u201cnone of these \u200dcandidates\u201d as well as \u200bbacking \u200cTrump in the Republican caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>He \u200cclaimed\u200d to\u2062 be \u201cway better off four years ago.\u201d \u201cAnd I\u2064 don\u2019t know a person, one, that can dispute that,\u201d he \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody had\u200d hope, money, opportunities. It was\u2063 everywhere,\u201d he said \u200cof the economic\u200d environment under Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Varney\u2019s reasoning \u200cfor his vote\u200d is one cited by many as their \u2063top issue going into the November\u2064 election: The economy.<\/p>\n<p>During Biden\u2019s tenure, there have \u2062been several \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-smell-blood-in-the-water-as-democrats-scramble-before-midterms\/\" title=\"Republicans Smell Blood in the Water as Democrats Scramble Before Midterms\">positive economic indicators<\/a>, and\u2064 a recession \u2063has been avoided. But\u200b voter \u200csentiment isn\u2019t\u2064 recouping at the same rate.<\/p>\n<p>Confronted with this obstacle, \u200bAttorney General Aaron Ford, a top Biden\u200b surrogate, said, \u201cIt\u2019s\u200c going to take personal stories and talking about how this \u2064economy is helping people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Nevada official \u2064explained that \u201cWall Street is distinct from Main Street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And \u200dto address economic concerns, Ford explained Democrats and Biden need to have an open dialogue with those on \u201cMain Street\u201d about what they need. \u201cWe are actively engaged in those conversations at\u200d all \u2064times to ascertain the \u200cbest \u2063things to help them,\u201d \u200dhe said.<\/p>\n<p>While the attorney general was confident in Democrats\u2019 ability\u200c to demonstrate economic accomplishments to Nevadan voters, he ceded that it\u2019s certainly a\u2063 challenge,\u200c but one that will be met ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p>As to whether wavering support in key Nevada demographic \u2064groups would hobble the\u2062 Biden campaign, Nevada Democratic Party Executive Director \u2062Hilary\u200b Barrett similarly signaled faith in\u2063 their abilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is something that in Nevada we\u2019re \u2063very good at,\u201d she said. \u201cWe build \u200ca \u2063large political machine every cycle. We win\u200d on razor-thin \u200dmargins. \u2064We have wonderful candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can to\u2062 remind voters of the accomplishments we\u2019ve \u200bmade over\u2063 the last\u2063 couple years. And\u200b we don\u2019t\u200c take \u200bany vote for granted,\u201d \u200bshe added. Especially not those of \u200bthe Latino community, Barrett\u200c said, emphasizing their\u2062 proportion of the state\u2019s citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Ford also pointed out the reality\u2063 of\u2063 Nevada being \u201ca purple state.\u201d He \u200csaid,\u2064 \u201cYou have to work for\u2063 the votes \u200chere, no matter \u200dwhat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He recalled his own electoral races \u2063in the\u200b state,\u200b saying, \u201cThe fact of the matter\u200c is under every circumstance I\u2019ve had to \u200censure that I \u200baddressed issues \u200cof Nevada\u200c constituents. The Democrats, Republicans, male, female, black,\u200c white, \u200bLatino,\u2064 Asian American \u2014 it doesn\u2019t\u200c matter at\u2063 the end of the \u2064day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden could\u2062 have trouble with voter enthusiasm within his base, in Nevada and nationally. In particular, the war between Israel and the terrorist group \u200dHamas, which has wrought devastation for civilians in Gaza, has become divisive for Democrats, especially younger\u200d voters.<\/p>\n<p>Following\u200c the president\u2019s \u2064remarks\u200d in \u200bNorth Las Vegas\u200d last week, a \u200dgroup of\u2064 protesters slammed \u200dU.S. \u2062support of Israel in the war. One demonstrator with \u2062a\u2064 megaphone called Biden\u200c \u201ca racist, Islamaphobic \u200bpresident,\u201d while others\u200b held\u200d Palestinian \u2063flags and Biden-Harris signs with fake bloody handprints on \u200dthem.<\/p>\n<p>One protester named Nora told the Washington\u200d Examiner that her\u2064 friends, Arab,\u200d Muslim, Jewish, and\u200b Christian,\u2062 were not planning on supporting Biden \u201csimply for this reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump is a\u200d better option, honestly,\u201d she \u200dsaid.\u200b \u201cLike, at this\u200d point, Trump is a better option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sean\u200d Doyle,\u200b an \u200dauthor \u2062who voted in the Nevada Democratic primary,\u2062 noted that this was a significant issue for him. But he still cast his ballot for Biden: \u200b\u201cAt \u200bthis\u200c moment\u2062 in time, I cannot do Donald Trump. \u2063I can\u2019t do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A rather\u2063 new Trump\u2064 surrogate, former \u200dpresidential candidate Gov. Doug\u2064 Burgum (R-ND), expressed confidence in Republicans\u2019\u2062 ability to flip the state in an interview with the\u2062 Washington\u200b Examiner during the former president\u2019s Nevada celebration.\u2064 \u201cPeople were \u200blined up\u200d around the block waiting \u2062to get \u2063into\u2063 these, in \u2064an uncontested primary, because the average American \u2026 they\u2019re not \u200dbuying the spin that they\u2019re being sold by the Democratic Party,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He\u200b pointed to the various\u200c legal \u200dcases against Trump, adding, \u201cThat\u2019s\u2064 why they\u2019re \u200dso enthusiastically\u2063 supporting the president. They can understand \u200cwhat lawfare is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But even some \u200cof Trump\u2019s supporters who attended such\u2064 caucuses weren\u2019t as sure about Nevada\u2019s fate \u200din November.<\/p>\n<p>Cathy Peck\u2064 said she didn\u2019t\u2064 have a good idea of whether Biden\u200c would be \u200cable to win the state again. \u201cI don\u2019t know. \u200dWith everything that\u2019s happened, you \u2062just don\u2019t know. I \u2062don\u2019t think so,\u201d \u200dshe said.<\/p>\n<p>She and her husband Roland are \u201csure \u2062hoping\u201d that Trump wins it, however.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow \u200bcaucusgoer John \u2063Goetz said he believes \u201cit\u2019s gonna go Trump,\u201d but his wife Carol was skeptical, saying,\u2063 \u201cMaybe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW\u2063 LATEST\u2063 COVERAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has support for President Joe Biden \u200bamong Latino voters in Nevada shifted since the 2020 election?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Of the main reasons why President\u200d Joe\u200c Biden\u2064 won Nevada in the 2020 \u200celection was due to his strong support from Latino and\u2062 union\u2064 voters. However, recent shifts in attitudes towards the economy and border, as well \u2064as Republican gains in \u2064these\u2062 communities, raise questions about Biden&#8217;s hold on \u2062the state in the \u2063upcoming election.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult for Bloomberg \u200cNews, \u200cit was found\u200d that Trump was defeating\u200b Biden\u2062 48%\u200c to 40% \u2062in\u200b Nevada. This aligns with \u200dnational\u200d trends, where Biden&#8217;s approval ratings are falling and Trump \u2064is leading\u200c in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-campaign-launches-25-million-ad-blitz-in-key-battleground-states\/\" title=\"Biden's campaign unleashes M ad blitz in crucial swing states.\">key\u200b battleground states<\/a>. Whether Trump can \u200bwin in Nevada will depend on\u2063 his \u200cability to appeal to the unique demographics of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Hispanics, who make up more \u200bthan 30% of Nevada&#8217;s residents, will be a\u200b deciding factor in the 2024 election. \u200cAccording to Peter Guzman, the president and CEO \u200bof the Latin Chamber\u2062 of Commerce Nevada, Hispanics \u200bare paying attention like never before and their decisions will \u2062be based on education and \u2062their financial situation. \u2062While Biden won \u200cthe majority\u2064 of Hispanic voters in\u2064 2020, Trump was able to improve his support among the demographic, particularly within the working class. This shift towards Republicans could pose a problem for Biden, as a\u200b significant \u2062portion of his support\u200b came \u2064from racial and ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of border security\u2063 has played a significant role in\u200c Trump&#8217;s appeal to Latinos in\u2064 Nevada. According to Eva \u200d\u2064Sara Landau, president of the \u200bGlobal \u200cHuman\u2063 Rights League, Latinos\u200b in Nevada\u200d understand the importance of border security and do not agree with open borders. This aligns with Trump&#8217;s stance on \u200cthe issue, which\u2064 has been a \u2062prominent campaign issue since \u2064his\u2063 first bid \u2064in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Union\u200d members and their families are another key voting \u2064bloc\u2062 in Nevada. \u2064While Biden has received strong support from\u200d unions,\u2062 Trump has been able\u200d to attract\u2062 union workers with his pro-worker rhetoric. During the United \u200bAuto Workers strike, Trump visited Michigan to speak to workers, \u200cdiverging from traditional campaign locations. He has \u200calso met with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters\u200b in\u200c the hopes of securing their\u200d endorsement.\u200d One retired Teamsters member in Nevada explained that \u200bhe planned to support Trump because he believed Trump had improved the economy and put money in his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>The economy remains a top issue \u2063for\u200c many voters in \u200cNevada. While there have been positive economic indicators during Biden&#8217;s tenure, voter sentiment has not fully recovered. Attorney General \u200cAaron Ford, a top Biden surrogate, believes that personal stories and dialogue with those \u200don &#8220;Main Street&#8221; are necessary to address economic\u2062 concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The Nevada Democratic Party and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-watchdog-demands-jordan-disinvite-rfk-jr-from-testifying-before-weaponization-committee\/\" title=\"Watchdog group urges Jordan to rescind RFK Jr's invitation to testify before weaponization committee.\">executive \u200ddirector<\/a>, Hilary Barrett, \u200bremain confident in their ability to secure support from key \u2062demographic groups. Nevada is a purple state, and every vote \u2064must be earned.\u200d Barrett emphasized the importance of the Latino community\u200d and their proportion of the state&#8217;s citizens.<\/p>\n<p>However, Biden might face \u200cchallenges\u200d with \u2064voter enthusiasm within his base, especially regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The issue has become\u200c divisive for Democrats, particularly younger voters.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, \u200dBiden&#8217;s hold on Nevada \u2063is undoubtedly in jeopardy\u2063 as Trump gains ground. Shifting\u200b attitudes on the \u2063economy and border, as well \u2064as recent Republican \u200bgains in Latino and union communities, raise\u2064 questions about whether Biden \u200bcan \u2062win the state in the upcoming election. Appeals to \u2062key demographic groups, such as Hispanics and union members, will be crucial for both candidates. Ultimately, Nevada remains a battleground\u2063 state, and winning over voters will require hard work and \u200baddressing their concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s victory in Nevada in 2020 was aided by his backing from Latino and union voters. 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