The person leading the country for the next four years won’t immediately affect the path of gaming and tourism in Las Vegas, said Andrew Woods, director of the Center for Business and Economic Research at UNLV. Woods, unlike Belarmino, is an economist.

“In the short run, there’s not much (a president can) do that impacts tourism,” Woods said. “But in the long run fiscal policy, monetary policy, how they respond to national crisesis really important to the strength of our economy.”

Woods emphasized that there wasn’t a specific candidate he was endorsing in his professional capacity because he believes it’s important to strictly analyze the policies and their effects.

“Historically, we’ve had great economies under Democrats and Republicans. We’ve had terrible economies under Democrats and Republicans,” Woods said. “I think it’s important that we separate the two.”