| NEVADA | 6 Electoral Votes |
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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada Secretary of State)
16 counties and Carson City. Two largest counties: Clark, Washoe. Four largest cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas. Government
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Vegas Rev.-Journal / Politics (Ralston Reports)  The Silver
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Population*: 1,964,097. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.3%. Voter Registration Deadlines: Mail - Postmarked Oct. 8, 2016. Online or in person - Oct. 18, 2016. Early Voting: Oct. 22-Nov. 4, 2016. |
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Overview: Nevada was a battleground state
and had a
competitive U.S. Senate race, twol tight U.S. House races, a fight for
control of the state legislature, and several interesting ballot
measures. The Hispanic vote is very important in the Silver State. According to the Pew Research Center (>), the state has a Hispanic population of about 789,000, accounting for 28% of the total population. 328,000 of these people are eligible to vote, or 17% of the total eligible to vote. In addition intermittent visits by the candidates, Nevada drew the national spotlight when UNLV hosted the final presidential debate on Oct. 19. Green party nominee Jill Stein failed to qualify for the ballot after her petition effort was marred by fraud. Although Clinton carried just two counties, Clark (Las Vegas) and Washoe (Reno), her margins in Clark–402,227 votes (52.43%) to 320,057 (41.72%) for Trump–were enough. Statewide the Clinton-Kaine ticket achieved a plurality of 27,202 votes (2.42 percentage points). Combined with other successes down the ballot,Nevada was one of few bright spots for the Democrats. General Election Visits Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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Republican Precinct Caucuses -- Tuesday, February 23, 2016 |
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| Democrats 43 Delegates: 23 District, 7 At-Large, 5 PLEO and 8 Unpledged. |
Republicans 28 Delegates: 3 RNC; 13 at-large; 12 by CD (3 x 4 CDs). details |
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| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
| Clinton 37.36% |
Clinton 43.93% |
Bush 49.52% |
Bush 50.47% |
Obama 55.15% |
Obama 52.36% |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 1,776,403. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.1%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 16, 2012. Early Voting: Oct. 20-Nov. 2, 2012.
Early Voting: 619,381: Dem. 275,470 (44.48%) Rep. 223,526 (36.09%) Oth. 120,385 (19.44%) |
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2012
Overview Nevada was a battleground state but most observers concluded it would go to Obama, and it did. The Democratic ticket won the state with a plurality of 67,806 votes (6.68 percentage points). Obama carried the two big counties, Clark by 100,883 votes (56.42% to 41.82%) and Washoe by 6,956 votes (50.79% to 47.09%); and Romney carried the rest. General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 1,652,846. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.6%. Early Voting: Any registered voter in Nevada can vote early between Oct. 18 and Oct. 31, 2008.
Total Registration: 1,207,761. |
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2008
Overview The Obama-Biden ticket won Nevada's 5 electoral votes, gaining a plurality of 120,909 votes (12.50 percentage points). Clark County accounted for more than 2/3rds of the votes cast in the presidential contest (67.3%); Obama's margin in the county was 123,687 votes or 380,765 (58.47%) to 257,078 (39.48%). Obama also carried Washoe County (Reno) and Carson City. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 1,501,437. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.3%. Early Voting: By personal appearance Oct. 16-29, 2004. (3rd Saturday before the General Election)
Total Registration: 1,071,101. |
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2004
Overview As in 2000, Bush carried Nevada by a narrow margin, gaining a plurality of 21,500 votes (2.59 percentage points), and carrying 16 of 17 counties. General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush/Cheney '04 |
| General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000 |
| Voting Eligible Population*: 1,346,116. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 45.2%. Total Registration: 878,970. |
Total turnout was 613,360. Early voting by personal appearance ran from Oct. 21-Nov. 3, 2000 (the third Saturday before Election Day to the Friday before Election Day). 206,013 people voted by early voting (33.8% of total). In addition, there were about 113,000 absentee ballot requests, which have historically had a return rate of about 60%. |
2000
Overview Bush won Nevada with a plurality of 21,597 votes (3.55 percentage points). He carried 16 of 17 counties; Gore carried only Clark County (Las Vegas). Clark County accounted for 62.7% of the votes cast in the presidential race (382,198 votes), and Gore won there with a plurality of 25,168 votes. John Ensign's strong showing in the U.S. Senate race may have helped boost Bush. Also in Bush's advantage were the facts that Nevada is a Western state, and that Gov. Guinn's time in office helped prepare the ground by taking away some traditional Democratic issues. One major issue for both sides in Nevada was the proposal for interim storage of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain; Gore and Bush took positions against this, while saying they would rely on science for a decision about permanent storage. General Election Activities |
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