GOP leads Democrats in key Nevada county amid huge early voter turnout

Republicans are leading the Democrats in a key Nevada County amid high levels of early-voter turnout on October 19, according to Nevada’s secretary of state’s records

As nearly 30,000 people cast their votes early in Clark County, the GOP is ahead in one of the largest districts in the state.

One of the toss-up states, Nevada went Republican in 2000 and 2004 before flipping Democrat for the last four elections according to 270toWin, and the majority party in Clark County could decide the election for the state.

Newsweek reached out to the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office and the United States Election Assistance Commission for comment via email outside of business hours on Sunday.

Clark County officials said that the number of participants on the first day of early voting, not including mail-in ballots, in the county increased by 6 percent from 2020, according to Aol.com.

The number of mail-in ballots has surpassed early votes in person, as officials said they have received 67,288 mail ballots so far.

Early voting in the county began on October 19 and runs through November 1.

In Clark County, 14,750 Republicans have cast their votes early so far, in comparison to 9,146 Democrats, and more than 6,000 voters registered to other parties, according to the secretary of state’s early voter turnout data.

Republicans also won Nevada’s early voting by 7 percent in 2020, with nearly 50 percent of the vote statewide by the end of the first week.

In total, the county has received 29,960 votes so far, and there have been 42,327 votes statewide.

Republicans are not only leading in Clark County, but statewide as they have received 22,284 votes, while Democrats have received 11,854.

In the whole of Clark County, there are 1,413,864 active registered voters, according to the University of Florida’s election lab’s early vote records.

The university’s records also show that there have been 457,142 mail-in ballot requests made by Democrats, and 357,780 requested by Republicans.

The county has more than 2.3 million residents, and is diverse with 39 percent white individuals, 32 percent Hispanic, 14 percent Black, and 12 percent Asian inhabitants according to US News.

The race for the presidency in Nevada is tight, as polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight placed Kamala Harris 0.4 points ahead of Donald Trump, according to national polling averages.

FiveThirtyEight‘s data shows that throughout September and October, the two candidates have been switching leads in the national polling averages in the state.

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