Harris, Trump campaign in Nevada. Here's why the state is critical this presidential race.
RENO — With just five days until Election Day, both presidential campaigns were zeroing in on the state of Nevada with Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump rallying there on Wednesday.
Trump was in the city of Henderson and Harris was in the city of Reno.
Holly and Scott Gallant drove across state lines from the Sacramento County city of Folsom to see Harris and to energize the Democratic Party vote in Nevada.
"It's a close race, every state counts, every electoral vote," Scott Gallant said.
Trump supporters were also rallying in Nevada, with the former president seeking to turn the state red in a presidential election for the first time in two decades.
Mike Madrid is a Republican political strategist and author of "The Latino Century: How America's Largest Minority is Transforming Democracy." Madrid said Nevada is known for its blue-collar service industry and construction jobs.
A quarter of Nevada's voters are Latino, and there are now more voters registered as nonpartisan in the state than either Republican or Democrat.
"So there is absolutely a different tactical and strategic approach in Nevada," Madrid said. "The more Latino it becomes, the more independent Nevada becomes."
Angel De La Rosa was at the Harris rally. He is in a carpentry union and said he has seen both parties work for Latino support.
"The Latino vote for Nevada is very important because, in the past, the Latino vote made the country, made the election and I think this time is going to be the same," De La Rosa said.
The Harris and Trump teams are taking the same tactical approach in these final days, spending their time and money in Nevada, where each campaign now views as a must-win.
