Culturally diverse, young voters to decide Nevada's pick for US president

Nevada is one of the most diverse states in the US with one in five residents born overseas.

The upcoming pesidential election will be the most diverse in US history, with one in three voters from either African american, Hispanic or Asian american communities.

It will also be the youngest electorate with millennials - between ages 18 to 35 - overtaking baby boomers as the largest living generation.

These factors will have a big impact in swing states like Nevada, where young voters make up one-fifth of the population.

Nevada has voted for the winning candidate in all by one election since 1912, and the state is home to the country's fastest growing Latino, African and Asian American communities

Cheyenne High School in North Las Vegas is one of the state's most diverse education establishments, and opinions vary on whether Donald Trump, or Hillary Clinton, would make a better president best.

First time voter Corwin Bush, 18, is the only member of the school's gridiron team who is old enough to vote.

He said this election was not about race or what the candidates have said, but what they've done.

"I will most likely vote for Hillary Clinton because she cares about the students and education, and education is key," he told SBS.

Mr Bush celebrates his school's diversity and has dreams of playing gridiron professionally.

"It's amazing to have such a diverse team because everyone is special in their own way," he said.

"I love the guys they're like a whole family to me, all brothers."

Jezus McKen moved to the US from Venezuela at the age of five.

Despite not being eligible to vote because he's not a citizen, he has his own opinion on both presidential candidates.

"Trump is Trump. he's a joke. he's a clown," he said.

"Hillary, while much more qualified, and I'd never take that away from her, she pretends to be like the average person, or at least tries to pretend to be like the average person, it's just disingenuous."
Permanent US resident Jesus talks about his pick for president
Permanent US resident Jesus talks about his pick for president (SBS) Source: SBS News
Mr Mcken said many of the 45,000 students at the college where he studies mechanical engineering, are equally disinterested.

"It's pretty frustrating the fact that they're giving up one of the fundamental rights of being American but I don't blame them, especially in this election," he said.

"In prior elections I would've been much more critical, but in this election there's not much of a choice."

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Published 18 October 2016 9:13pm
Updated 18 October 2016 9:48pm
By Brett Mason


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