Our great reporter continues his journey across the United States a few weeks before a presidential election that is decisive for the country’s future.
After Chicago, The Rockies and Salt Lake City, François-Xavier Ménage stopped in Nevada, where nostalgia is deep in our hearts and the ballots.
Here, the right to abortion, the right to have a firearm and immigration are among the inevitable themes of this campaign.
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In the 19th century, there was a gold rush in the American West. But today, in 2024, the United States is experiencing a rush into the unknown with the November 5 presidential election. Is America nostalgic for its own past? Many tell us that this issue is one of the pillars of the upcoming election.
Our reporter went to Reno, a city of 200,000 inhabitants, considered a small Las Vegas, in northern Nevada. Here it feels in some places as if you have stepped back into the 60s. In total there are 23 casinos here. Americans are addicted across the country. Last year, the sector generated 60 billion euros in revenue. In a casino visited by François-Xavier Ménage, we talk about the issues driving this campaign: the state of the economy, inflation and the right to abortion.
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In Reno, these themes are mentioned, but overshadowed by another equally burning one: the carrying of weapons. In the US there are more guns, 400 million people. In states like Nevada, where buying a gun is almost as easy as getting a watch, proposed gun restrictions are raising fears of civil war. “The Second Amendment of the United States says you have the right to bear arms and anyone who tries to take that right away, even if it’s the government, no way. It’s in the Constitution. So my right to bear arms gives me the opportunity to go and meet him. I am ready to assert my rights. People have not understood that we may be heading for a civil war.confides Mike, an ardent supporter of the Second Amendment.
In the US, one in 20 people owns a gun. In Nevada, you can even walk around casinos with your gun.
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In Reno, another place appeals to our reporter: this huge flea market. On the shelves, yesterday’s America seems more inspiring than today’s. Customers are looking for nuggets from a bygone era when growth was an engine that never failed. In all, there are thousands of objects here, all or almost all of which refer to an America of the past, a glorious America. Trump also has many supporters in the aisles of this flea market. On the employee side, also on the customer side.
Along with abortion rights and guns, immigration is one of the inevitable themes of this election. The playing field, especially for Donald Trump, is the subject of the next step. Direction Sacramento.
