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Republicans in a major swing state are seeing their midterm hopes dry up, according to Politico, as President Donald Trump’s contentious trade policies have threatened their most vital industry with near-extinction.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Politico reported that Democrats in Nevada, a swing state that Trump won in 2024, see an opening to secure definitive wins over the GOP in the upcoming midterms, due to the disastrous fallout of the president’s second-term policies. Both his aggressive tariff agenda and his threats about annexing their nation as a 51st American state have caused Canadians to sour on tourism to the U.S., doing major damage to the bottom lines in Las Vegas, Nevada’s economic engine.<\/p>\n

Heading into the midterms, the GOP had made Rep. Susie Lee, a Democrat whose district includes parts of Southern Las Vegas, a top target in the bid to potentially flip seats, but now, those plans are slipping away, just as the rest of the party is now preparing for a blue wave. <\/p>\n

“Last year, as Trump levied tariffs on Canada, visits from Canadians \u2014 who account for up to half of Las Vegas\u2019 foreign tourism \u2014 percent,” Politico explained. “That played a large role in a 7.5 percent year-over-year decline in total tourist visits, making 2025 the worst non-pandemic year for Las Vegas since the city started tracking data in 1970. Now, as peak tourism season arrives in a battleground state where Republicans\u2019 control of the House could be won or lost, Democrats are pushing voters to see the tourism slump as a direct impact of Trump\u2019s levies.”<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump instituted his reckless tariffs. In response, Canadians have literally boycotted traveling to America,\u201d Lee said in a statement. \u201cThat has had a significant impact on our tourism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump won Lee’s district in 2024 by a narrow margin, part of the only electoral victory he got from the state across his three presidential campaigns. That statistic had given the GOP hope about their odds for flipping her seat in 2026, and they remain somewhat hopeful, Politico explained, despite Trump’s overwhelmingly negative impact on the Nevada economy. The state is considered particularly vulnerable to tourism declines, given that it has little else to fall back on.<\/p>\n

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“Unlike the upper Midwest or the Great Plains, Nevada doesn\u2019t have a large manufacturing or agricultural sector jolted by the tariffs. Instead, the product most affected is the state\u2019s Canadian visitors \u2014 who, on any given year, make up of Las Vegas\u2019 foreign tourism market,” the report added.<\/p>\n

While others in the party and the White House have tried to downplay these issues, claiming that most of Vegas’s tourists are American and attacking Democrats on certain affordability issues, Rep. Mark Amodei, a Nevada Republican, admitted that the president’s poor communication efforts surrounding his tariffs bear significant responsibility for his state’s perilous position.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Canadians aren\u2019t coming the way they were. Wonder why that is, huh?\u201d Amodei told Politico. \u201cThe communications for the tariff stuff was suboptimal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Marty O\u2019Donnell, the top GOP candidate likely to face Lee in November, has been supportive of Trump’s tariff after some initial skepticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m now a convert, because what I see Donald Trump doing with tariffs is not something I ever anticipated,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said. \u201cHe uses it as a negotiating tool in a way that I never anticipated, and I actually love what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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