The Times' Mark Barabak recently spent some time talking Trump with Nevadans. He came back with this report on what fans and foes alike see in the tycoon-turned-candidate. Barabak also came back with a full notebook. He sends along these top three voices that didn't make it into his story:

"Trump's got a very big horn and he blows it. I just figure he's trying to laugh all the way to the bank. I don't think he's a serious candidate.... He says things that alienate a whole group of the citizenry. He couldn't be elected in a general [election] saying the crazy things he says, either about [Arizona Sen. John] McCain or about illegal aliens." -- Todd Torvinen, 55, a Democrat and estate and trust attorney in Reno.

"I can tell you what [Trump is] saying is true. He may not be the most graceful in the way he puts out his ideas, but he's not telling lies. When I was down there, the people that were coming across the border, probably the majority of them were decent folks that were trying to find a better life. But at the same time the Mexicans were notorious for cleaning out their prisons and sending them across the border." -- Michael Jack, 61, a Republican and former FBI agent who runs a private investigative firm in Reno. His FBI stint included work along the U.S.-Mexico border.

"There's a part of me that would welcome [Trump] to make an independent run [in the fall of 2016] because it just destroys the Republican side of the ticket. But my biggest problem with it is that I don't think it enables this country to have a serious debate about the issues." --Marc Picker, 58, a Democrat and attorney in Reno.