BATTLEGROUND SERIES: Key swing state's 6 electoral votes hinge on candidate performances in this county

LAS VEGAS - The election results in Clark County, Nevada, will play a critical role in deciding which presidential candidate takes home the state's 6 electoral votes in a county where independent voters and party switchers could make the difference.

There are roughly 1.4 million active registered voters in Clark County, Nevada, including about 450,000 Democrats, 350,000 Republicans and more than 500,000 voters who identify as nonpartisan, Independent, or Libertarian, which makes up about 70% of the voters in the state of Nevada.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won Clark County by 10 points in 2016, and President Biden won by about the same margin in 2020. The Democratic candidates won Nevada overall those years by less than three points, and former Presidnet Donald Trump's ability to narrow the gap in Clark County will play a key role in his chances to become the first Republican to win Nevada since former President George W. Bush in 2004.

Union workers employed by hotel casinos in Las Vegas, who work for unions that typically endorse and canvas for Democrats, play a significant role in Clark County elections.

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Fox News Digital spoke with two of those union members earlier this month, when both said that housing costs are a key issue for them.

"I will be a first-time home buyer. I want to keep my son in a house…I don't want to be rent to rent, that's one of the biggest issues right now here I would say in Nevada," Lino Paredes, a member of the Culinary Workers Union which endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, said, adding that he supports Harris' proposed program to help with down payments for houses.