As lunchtime nears on the West Coast, voters continue to pour into line at the Centennial Center Election Day polling location in northwest Las Vegas on Tuesday.
Of the many voters CNN spoke with in the parking lot, most were Republican and cited inflation, immigration and election integrity as their biggest concerns.
“I think there’s a lot of excitement about this [election] from the right,” said Rob Crowe, a 61-year-old technical recruiter who is celebrating his birthday on Tuesday.
He was at the polls with his 53-year-old wife, Cyndi, who said she prioritizes election integrity, law and order and education, among other issues.
“We want to turn Nevada red again,” said Theresa Y., a 57-year-old security officer, who has lived in Nevada for 40 years and voted for former President Trump in both 2020 and 2016.
“The economy is just out of control,” she said, citing high gas prices, grocery prices, and the struggle for women to buy baby formula and diapers.
“Starting with the governor, [it] is going to change,” she said.
“When Donald Trump was in office, the world was a whole different place. It was a good place,” James Hernandez, a 58-year-old retired union electrician, told CNN.
Now, the economy is “tanking,” Hernandez said.
Hernandez noted that even as a former union worker, he is voting Republican.
“That tells you something,” he said.
David Fox, a 66-year-old Republican, told CNN he voted Tuesday because it is his “patriotic duty.” Fox, who voted for former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt for the GOP Senate nomination, said that Trump’s endorsement of Laxalt “locked me in.”
For her part, Chris Peterson, a 66-year-old Las Vegas resident, said that while she used to switch between parties, she now votes solidly Republican.
Like many other GOP voters in Nevada, she is concerned about the economy and immigration.
Peterson voted for candidates Joe Lombardo for the GOP gubernatorial nomination and Sam Brown for the GOP Senate nomination. She said he likes that Brown is a political newcomer and appreciates his time in service.
While she would vote for Laxalt in the November general election, she believes he “is using his family name.”
“I don’t believe in political dynasties,” she said.
Tom Stiles, who was at the polls with his wife and two sons Tuesday, stressed election integrity as the issue that matters most to his family.
While Stiles, who said he would like to eliminate ballot harvesting, would not disclose who he voted for, he told CNN the secretary of state election was of importance to him and his family.
He voted for people who prioritize election integrity, he said. The voter said he would like to see “more readily accessible information” about voting.
“Voter information is really, really bad here,” he said. “We spent hours looking for info about the candidates running.”
