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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