The Daily Indy
Rosen has been active in the Senate on behalf of Nevada veterans. Now, she’ll likely run against one.
Of the states that will decide the 2024 election, Nevada has the highest percentage of its population who are veterans — a civically minded voting bloc of an estimated 200,000 with the power to swing a swing state.
Traditionally thought of as a Republican constituency, Democrats have made recent inroads to bolster veteran outreach, run more candidates who served in the military or have a national security background. In 2016, national exit polling showed former president Donald Trump with a 27 percentage point advantage with veterans over Hillary Clinton; by 2020, that lead had narrowed to 10 points.
In Nevada, veterans have proved more persistently conservative compared to the national averages. In 2020, Trump won 70 percent of voters who had served in the military to now-President Joe Biden’s 29 percent. Exit polling for the 2022 Senate race did not include questions on military service, but small shifts in the veteran vote could be the difference in a state known for its tight margins
