There is no question the economy has been a big part of this year's presidential campaign especially, here in the Silver State.
But there are also many other policies that Northern Nevadans say they want to hear about, tonight, like education and Medicare.
It seems what people want most are answers.
When Governor Mitt Romney accepts the GOP's nomination, tonight, Republicans and Democrats say they will be listening for his plan for America, if elected.
"The cuts are going to be really devastating," Reno resident Glenn Miller said. "I think everyone supports reduction to deficit but for the present, I would like a little more information where they are going to come from."
Medicare is something that local seniors are keeping their eyes on, with both sides saying their opponents will hurt the future of that program.
"The idea that social programs might have to be curtailed or changed dramatically, those are things that I would take into consideration," California resident James Rand said.
"I would like to get a better definition of the Medicare," Reno resident Ed Chapman said. "That's where I am, retired on Social Security. So, I do have a concern about that. I trust the Republicans. I think they can go in there and make the changes that are necessary."
Of course, social programs and the deficit depend on the recovery.
But some locals don't think either candidate has the answer.
"We are in a world economy," Reno resident Jim Nicholson said. "What happens in China, what happens in other parts of the world influences what's going to happen here, and for the candidates to say that they're going to solve all the problems is just nonsense."
Coming on the heels of President Obama's Reno visit, last week, focusing on higher education, many young Nevadans want to hear Romney's rebuttal.
"I do want to hear how he's going to help college students and no cutting of Pell grants," Reno resident Gary Trubel said. "That's what I'm most interested for, especially since Obama was here, last week."
Others say they don't think it matters what Romney says tonight, or what the President says next week, at the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
"I think everyone's pretty much already decided," Reno resident Lindsey Huston said. "Whether or not they like what we have right now is, I think, the deciding factor."
"We're concerned about the same problems over and over and over," Merelen Vopato said. "You go to church and you see what the problems are and you drop out and come back ten years later and they're talking about the same problems. Nobody does anything."
Along with the economy, Romney also plans to talk more about his Mormon faith and the women leaders of the United States.
Republican officials say tonight's speakers will include members of the Mormon church, some of Romney's former business associates, including Staples president Tom Stemberg, and past Olympic athletes.
Earlier this week, President Obama told Time Magazine he believes his re-election would help break the stalemate in Washington.
The president told time he expects Congress to work more cooperatively in a second term, since his re-election would no longer be a factor.
The president says he also wants to do a better job of explaining to the public how his policies will help the economy grow.
He claims he didn't do a good enough job selling Americans on the stimulus plan and the auto company bailout because he was so focused on acting to fix the economy.
The president did not have any campaign events scheduled today.
Written by Paul Nelson
