Trump extends lead over Biden as key battleground states like Nevada face cost of living pressures
A special report examines the prospects of a second term for Donald Trump versus the Democrats' chances at the ballot box. Polling shows Trump extending his lead over Joe Biden. Key battleground states, such as Nevada, will be crucial. Biden previously won Nevada by a narrow margin, but current polling suggests it could flip red due to rising prices and cost of living pressures. North America Correspondent Carrington Clarke reports from Las Vegas.
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00:00The casinos on the Las Vegas Strip entice visitors with the possibility of great riches.
00:20But in the shadows of the towers, there's a bleaker reality for many.
00:24It is probably worse than I've ever seen it.
00:28I mean everything's up, gas prices are crazy, food's gone way up, rents especially.
00:37Last year at age 62, Christine was forced to move in with her 82-year-old father.
00:43Her rent was hiked 25% and she could no longer afford it.
00:48A former Democrat, she blames President Joe Biden for the cost of living rises and plans
00:54to vote for Donald Trump, despite some reservations.
00:57You need anything else?
00:59I don't want either one of them, but it's going to be, it's like lesser of two evils.
01:05Since 2020, things have like taken a dive.
01:10It's not working.
01:11It was not like that when Trump was president.
01:15Nevadans have been hurting under some of the highest price rises in the country as inflation
01:21bites and Biden's popularity falls.
01:25Donald Trump has a permanent presence in Nevada, but he's lost the state in both his previous
01:31presidential campaigns.
01:33Wow.
01:34It's not too hot out here, right?
01:37He's trying to flip the state and at a recent rally, he promised more financial relief.
01:42For those hotel workers and people that get tips, you're going to be very happy because
01:46when I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips, people making tips.
01:55If we win Nevada, we win the whole thing.
01:59We win the whole thing.
02:05But Joe Biden retained strong supporters in Nevada.
02:08Actually, I want you to, I want you to overcorrect on that and push your chest into it.
02:12There you go.
02:14Presidential trainer Will McMichael knows people are financially hurting in the state,
02:19but says Trump doesn't offer solutions.
02:22Wunderbar, recover.
02:24There are so many factors with the cost of living here that, yeah, that could be, that
02:30could be a huge factor.
02:32Trump is going to have to show them some capacity to change that, which I don't think he has.
02:38And says at this election, democracy itself is on the line.
02:42It is a choice between autocrat and other, and I won't stand for an autocrat coming from
02:48any side of the spectrum.
02:50An increasingly important political factor here is the Latino vote.
02:54Latinos make up about 20 percent of the Nevadan population.
02:58They've traditionally supported Democrats, but given many hold socially conservative
03:02views, Republicans believe they can be swayed.
03:06You've also had this growing sort of effort to mobilize Latinos by conservative groups
03:11that traditionally didn't happen here.
03:13The Republicans have now gotten the game here.
03:17One of those groups targeting the Latino vote on behalf of the right is the Libre Initiative,
03:23which among other campaigning, buys radio time to get their message out to vote for
03:27right-wing candidates, but not necessarily to support Donald Trump.
03:32Eddie Diaz says he personally wishes the Republican Party had a different candidate.
03:37As much as I like Donald Trump's policy, he's still a divisive person, right?
03:42I don't know if he's going to be the one that's going to be able to unite the country.
03:46Biden said he was going to do it.
03:47He failed to do it.
03:49And I think we just need some healing in this country at the moment, right?
03:56For both sides, Nevada is a sparkling prize of six electoral votes, potentially decisive
04:04in a race that's shaping up as even closer than the last.