Biden Is Undoing Trump’s Economic Damage in Swing-State Nevada
The Silver State’s prospects are better than ever after reversing the economic declines inflicted by the Trump administration.
Nevada’s job market has flourished under Joe Biden.
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Among the seven so-called swing states -- Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- that some prominent media polls show Joe Biden trailing Donald Trump in their November presidential rematch, Nevada may be the true economic bellwether.
The Silver State, with 3.2 million people and six Electoral College votes, outperformed the US for the first time in its 160-year history since Biden entered the White House in 2021 by the combination of a record 69,600 manufacturing jobs and 22% increase in nonfarm payrolls. The media's public opinion-driven narrative of discontent is belied by Nevada's prospects, which are brighter than ever after more than reversing the economic declines under the Trump administration, when 2% of the state’s workforce disappeared after unemployment climbed briefly above 30% during 2020's Covid-19 pandemic recession, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.