The unfortunate truth is that as Vegas gets bigger it will soon overpower the rest of a state that is very conservative. Build 5 more mega hotels on the south end of the strip and the state may go blue. Kalifornication.
I am not certain that the tipping point you describe, is not here even now.
We shall see.
Amen. I bailed out of that state three years ago - it was starting to feel like California (bailed out of there in '88).
I tried to buy some surplus military rifles in Prescott, AZ and was told, "Oh, you're from Clark Couty. We won't sell you these guns." "Why?" "We have to clear every firearms sale with the Las Vegas police department and we don't want to go through the hassle."
I also understand that county residents had to register their handguns with the Vegas police.
Our town badly needed a new library and voted for a bond issue. Since it was a county-wide election, Vegas residents overrode our vote. But, any crackpot money-wasting bill that Vegas wanted, Vegas got. Literally the 800-lb gorilla.