Nevada's boom-bust economy is based on casinos and gambling. The Silver State was hit hard by the pandemic, and, while it yields just six Electoral College votes, every one of them will count in a close contest.
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00:00If Nevada is famous for one thing, it's got to be from Las Vegas to Reno and everywhere
00:21in between.
00:23There are hundreds of casinos in Nevada, breaking in tens of billions of dollars in revenue
00:29each year.
00:35But away from the bright lights of the famous strip, the people of Nevada have been doing
00:39it tough in recent years.
00:44Nevada is known as the Silver State, after the commodity was discovered here in the 1850s.
00:50Mining has now been well eclipsed by the money that the state's casinos, hotels and restaurants
00:55bring in.
00:56But this is a boom or bust economy, and it was brought to its knees economically during
01:02the pandemic.
01:03The state's unemployment rate exceeded 30% at one point.
01:08The economy has improved, but the unemployment rate is still among the highest in the nation,
01:13and the housing market is one of the most expensive.
01:17It's also the wedding capital of America.
01:20More than 200 couples say I do here in Vegas every day.
01:30Nevada only has six electoral votes, so it's by no means a big prize, but in a close race
01:36they could prove decisive.
01:39The Democrats have run the table at the last four elections, but the Republicans are hoping
01:44to end that streak.
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