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'''Nevada''' is the 7th largest state geographically and the 32nd largest state by population in the [[United States]]. Although it is known for legalized [[gambling]] and semi-legalized [[prostitution]],<ref>Prostitution is prohibited by state law in Clark County (Las Vegas) and by local law in Lincoln County (north of Las Vegas) and in Washoe County (Reno), the independent city of Carson City (the state capital), and Douglas County (south of Carson City; the latter three areas listed effectively make it illegal in the area surrounding [[Lake Tahoe]]).</ref><ref>http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/community/archives/com.gormley.prostitute.html</ref> its voters are generally [[conservative]] and voted for [[George W. Bush]] twice; however, influx of liberals escaping their self-created problems in [[California]] have turned Nevada into a [[blue state]] or at least placed it into the competitive category. Its senators are [[Democrat]]s [[Catherine Cortez Masto]] and [[Jacky Rosen]].

'''Nevada''' is the 7th largest state geographically and the 32nd largest state by population in the [[United States]]. Although it is known for legalized [[gambling]] and semi-legalized [[prostitution]],<ref>Prostitution is prohibited by state law in Clark County (Las Vegas) and by local law in Lincoln County (north of Las Vegas) and in Washoe County (Reno), the independent city of Carson City (the state capital), and Douglas County (south of Carson City; the latter three areas listed effectively make it illegal in the area surrounding [[Lake Tahoe]]).</ref><ref>http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/community/archives/com.gormley.prostitute.html</ref> its voters are generally [[conservative]] and voted for [[George W. Bush]] twice; however, influx of liberals escaping their self-created problems in [[California]] have turned Nevada into a [[blue state]] or at least placed it into the competitive category. Its senators are [[Democrat]]s [[Catherine Cortez Masto]] and [[Jacky Rosen]].

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born"<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref> but is more commonly called the "Silver State."

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864, by [[Abraham Lincoln]] during the [[Civil War]]; as a result, one of the State's mottos is "Battle Born"<ref>http://www.leg.state.nv.us/general/FACTS.cfm</ref> but is more commonly called the "Silver State." Nevada has hosted nearly 7,000 [[movie]] productions.

Only 26% of Nevadans were born there, and politically it is its own kind of [[swing state]] with low voter turnout.<ref name="Five">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nevada-could-be-senate-republicans-ace-in-the-hole/</ref>  It is ranked 44th in adults who graduated from college, tucked between the strongly [[Republican]] states of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Alabama]] in that statistic, and Nevada's has relatively fewer blacks than the Nation overall.<ref name="Five"/>  Nevada was the first state  to legally protect [[same-sex "marriage"]] in its state Constitution, but that was way back in 2020.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/11/16/righting-a-wrong-nevada-1st-to-protect-same-sex-marriage/ ‘Righting a wrong’: Nevada becomes first state to protect same-sex marriage]</ref>

Only 26% of Nevadans were born there, and politically it is its own kind of [[swing state]] with low voter turnout.<ref name="Five">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/nevada-could-be-senate-republicans-ace-in-the-hole/</ref>  It is ranked 44th in adults who graduated from college, tucked between the strongly [[Republican]] states of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Alabama]] in that statistic, and Nevada's has relatively fewer blacks than the Nation overall.<ref name="Five"/>  Nevada was the first state  to legally protect [[same-sex "marriage"]] in its state Constitution, but that was way back in 2020.<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/11/16/righting-a-wrong-nevada-1st-to-protect-same-sex-marriage/ ‘Righting a wrong’: Nevada becomes first state to protect same-sex marriage]</ref>