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High US childcare costs pose an election risk for Kamala Harris

Vice-president vows to make daycare affordable but she would face hurdles in enacting reforms

After 28-year-old Lino Paredes works his 11pm to 7am “graveyard shift” at the Wynn casino in Las Vegas, he rushes home to take his four-year-old son to daycare.

His wife works 9am to 5pm, so the couple pays $85 a day, or about 40 per cent of Paredes’s daily wage, so that he can get some sleep to be ready for his next shift.

Childcare costs in Nevada, a crucial swing state that could decide this year’s US presidential election, soak up a bigger share of household income than in any other state.

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