In The News: Department of Political Science
Nevada residents are paying more for groceries than residents of almost any other state, and home prices continue to rise. The state’s unemployment rate continues to be one of the highest in the country, and inflation increased by 9 percent between May 2020 and June 2022. But the state’s labor force is growing, its unemployment rate is slowly decreasing, and the inflation rate has dipped from 9 percent to 3.2 percent in February 2024.
During an international reporting tour titled ‘Democracy is More Than Election Day’, arranged by the Global Public Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Department of State, through its Foreign Press Centers and in cooperation with the Meridian International Center, a lecture was organized at the University of Nevada with Dr. David Damore, Professor of Political Science and Executive Director of the Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. In his lecture, Dr. Damore spoke about the political landscape in Nevada, including election cycles and electoral candidates as the state is preparing for upcoming presidential elections in the U.S. in November 2024.
In recent years, millions of people across the United States have moved from Democratic cities to Republican suburbs, complicating the politics of swing states in a pivotal election year, according to a Stateline analysis.
In recent years, millions of people across the United States have moved from Democratic cities to Republican suburbs, complicating the politics of swing states in a pivotal election year, according to a Stateline analysis.
For most people around the world, Meta’s text-based social network Threads is a platform that they haven’t thought of for months. But for Liu, a design professional in Taipei, it’s where she’s receiving unprecedented attention.
President Biden on Tuesday began a tour through Nevada and Arizona by championing his economic policies and making a sharp-elbowed pitch to the crucial Hispanic electorate in the two battleground states, saying that former President Donald J. Trump, his Republican rival, “despises Latinos.”
President Biden on Tuesday began a tour through Nevada and Arizona by championing his economic policies and making a sharp-elbowed pitch to the crucial Hispanic electorate in the two battleground states, saying that former President Donald J. Trump, his Republican rival, “despises Latinos.”
President Biden plans to visit Nevada and Arizona this week to champion his economic policies and attack Republicans on immigration and abortion as he seeks to shore up a crucial but wavering Latino electorate in the two battleground states.
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not top of mind for Americans as the United States (US) prepares for its presidential elections later in the year. Some Americans in Las Vegas, Nevada, told Eyewitness News they are instead concerned about the country’s handling of the Middle East conflict.
The emergence of Donald Trump as the frontrunner for the Republican Party ahead of the United States presidential elections later this year has thrown the country into uncharted waters, as the former president seeks to return to the White House while fighting off multiple legal battles.
Last month, when the wife of a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada talked candidly about the abortion she had before the two met — and the long journey of regret and healing that followed — many Republicans welcomed it as a more compassionate approach to an issue that has hurt GOP candidates at the ballot box.
Last month, when the wife of a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada talked candidly about the abortion she had before the two met — and the long journey of regret and healing that followed — many Republicans welcomed it as a more compassionate approach to an issue that has hurt GOP candidates at the ballot box.