A poll among registered Latino voters in Nevada showed Vice President Kamala Harris with a lead of 18 percentage points over former President Donald Trump, whose campaign had previously gained ground with this sought-out electorate.
The two-week survey — conducted by BSP Research— questioned 400 registered voters each in Nevada and south Texas, according to Entravision, the media, marketing and technology company that commissioned it.
The questionnaire began three days after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris.
In comparison, a poll by TelevisaUnivision Consumer Strategy & Insights, conducted days before Biden’s politically disastrous debate performance in June showed Trump trailing within the margin of error.
In a tight race in a battleground state like Nevada, Latino voters — who comprise 20 percent of overall voters — have the potential to swing elections.
Rosen leading, too
Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nevada, led her Republican challenger, veteran Sam Brown, by similar margins among Latino voters polled, 53 percent to 22 percent, according to Entravision.
The poll’s statistical margin of error stood at plus or minus 4.9 percent, according to Entravision.
Asked how likely they expect to cast a ballot, 62 percent of Latinos in Nevada and Texas said they were “almost certain” they would, yet, more than half expressed that they don’t have “all the information” they need, Entravision said.
Harris is viewed more favorably than Biden or Trump. And the vice president leads in head-to-head match-ups among all Latino demographics, except independents, who prefer the former president by 2 percentage points, according to to the poll.
“Harris’ strengths with Latino voters include: her position on abortion rights, electability, and personal qualities (being a professional, woman of color, daughter of immigrants),” pollsters said.
Latinos in Nevada expressed overwhelming support (51 percent to 22 percent) for the state’s “Right to Abortion” ballot initiative, the poll determined.
However, the top issues cited by Nevada Latinos were related to the economy, housing, gun violence and health care costs, pollsters said.
Latino outreach
Campaigns can improve their outreach to the Latino communities, according to the poll. In Nevada, 51 percent of those questioned want to hear more from the presidential hopefuls, compared to the 54 percent who want to learn more about the Senate candidates.
Half of those surveyed in both states said that they’ve changed their mind on candidates based on ads, while 66 percent said they “sought more information about a particular candidate as a result of advertising.”
The poll outlined vulnerabilities for both presidential candidates among Latinos surveyed in both states.
Fifty-nine percent said that they are “worried about Project 2025 if Donald Trump is elected,” including 57 percent of independents.
Trump has disavowed the right-wing governing agenda, whose authors include people who had served in his presidential administration.
About 55 percent agreed with a statement that Trump “should not be elected due to his role in the January 6th insurrection,” the poll concluded.
Still, 46 and 44 percent of Latinos surveyed viewed Trump’s economic and immigration policies favorable, respectively.
“Harris has easily improved Democratic prospects, but has some vulnerabilities among Latino voters,” pollsters said.
While the majority of Latinos said they think Harris has a better chance of defeating Trump than Biden, only 28 percent of them said they felt “very well informed” about her proposed policies, compared with 36 percent who expressed the same thing about Trump.
Contact Ricardo Torres-Cortez at rtorres@reviewjournal.com.
A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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