NEVADA 6 Electoral Votes 
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Nevada goes from 5 electoral votes to 6 as a result of reapportionment following the 2010 Census
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
 2,758,931
Total Registration, Oct. 2012 (active) 1,257,621 >
Dem. 526,986 (41.90%)   Rep. 436,799 (34.73%)   Non-partisan 219,299 (17.44%)   Indep. Am. 58,130 (4.62%)   Lib. 8,448 (0.67%)   Grn. 1,186 (0.09%)   Other 6,773.
16 counties and Carson City.
Two largest counties: Clark, Washoe. >
Four largest cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas. >

Government
Governor: Brian Sandoval (R) elected 2010.
State Legislature: Nevada State Legislature   House: 42 seats  Senate: 21 seats
Local: Counties and Cities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 2R, 1D - 1. S.Berkley (D) | 2. M.Amodei (R) | 3. J.Heck (R).
U.S. Senate: Dean Heller (R) sworn in May 9, 2011; elected Nov. 2012, Harry Reid (D) re-elected in 2010. 
2012
 U.S. Senate: In a close race, appointed Sen. Dean Heller (R) defeated Rep. Shelley Berkley (D) by 457,656 votes (45.87%) to 446,080 (44.71%), with 48,792 (4.89%) to David Lory Vanderbeek (IAP) and 45,277 (4.54%) to None of These Candidates.
U.S. House: In the open 1st CD (Las Vegas), former Rep. Dina Titus (D), who was defeated in her 2010 re-election bid, defeated Chris Edwards (R), who served 25 years in the Navy by 63.57% to 31.53%; also on the ballot were Bill Pujonis (L) and Stan Vaughan (IAP).  In the new 4th CD (the mid-section of the state), the state Senate Majority Leader Steven Horsford (D) defeated Danny Tarkanian (R), who runs a real estate investment firm, by 50.11 to 42.11%; also on the ballot were Floyd Fitzgibbons (IAP) and Joe Silvestri (L).  Reps. Amodei and Heck were re-elected.  The balance of the delegation goes from 2R, 1D to 2R, 2D.
State Legislature: Democrats kept control of both chambers.  All 42 House seats and 12 Senate seats were up.  The Assembly went from 26D, 16R to 27D, 15R; and the Senate from 10D, 9R, 2v to 11D, 10R.
Ballot Measures: By 53.97% to 46.03% voters approved Question No. 1 to amend the Constitution to provide for the Legislature to convene special sessions.

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The Silver State
General Election -- Tuesday November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 1,776,403.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.1%.

Voter Registration Deadline: October 16, 2012.
Early Voting: October 20-November 2, 2012.
Election Day Turnout: 311,613
 (30.65%)
Early Turnout: 619,381
 (60.92%)
Absentee Turnout:  85,670 (8.43%)
Total Turnout: 1,016,664

Early Voting: 619,381:
Dem. 275,470 (44.48%)
Rep.  223,526 (36.09%)
Oth.   120,385 (19.44%)
Official Results >
 
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 531,373
 (52.36)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
 463,567
 (45.68)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
 10,968
 (1.08)
None of These Candidates
 5,770
 (0.57)
Goode/Clymer (IAP)
 3,240
 (0.32)
Total........1,014,918


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]
[State Primary: June 12, 2012]
Also note: The 2012 Libertarian Convention was held May 4-6, 2012 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, NV.
Democratic Precinct Caucuses -- Saturday, January 21, 2012
Republican Precinct Caucuses -- Saturaday, February 4, 2012
Main Nevada Caucuses Page
Democrats

Jan. 21, 2012 - Precinct Caucuses.  98.3% of delegates were awarded to President Obama  +
April 14, 2012 - County Convention
June 9-10, 2012 - State Convention.

 Republicans
28 Delegates: 3 RNC; 13 at-large; 12 by CD (3 x 4 CDs).
1.22% of the 2,286 Delegates.

1800 of 1800 precincts
Newt Gingrich
6,956
21.1%
Ron Paul
6,175
18.7%
+Mitt Romney
16,486
50.0%
Rick Santorum
3,277
9.9%
Total
32,894

Nevada Democrats - third presidential contest in 2012 (+).  Nevada Republicans - fifth presidential contest in 2012 (+). 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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. 

Election Day Turnout: 320,910 (33.08%)
Early Turnout: 561,772
 (57.91%)
Absentee Turnout:  87,337 (9.00%)
Total Turnout: 970,019

Total Registration: 1,207,761.
                        Official Results >

Baldwin/Castle (IAP) 3,194
 (0.33)
Barr/Root (Lib.) 4,263
(0.44)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)
 		412,827
(42.65)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
 1,411
 (0.15)
Nader/Gonzalez (Pet.)
 6,150
 		(0.64)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
 533,736
 (55.15)
None of These Candidates
 6,267
 (0.65)
Total........967,848



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 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
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)
Election Day Turnout: 396,952 (47.72%)
Early Turnout: 346,823 (41.69%)
Absentee Turnout:  88,058 (10.59%)
Total Turnout: 831,833

Total Registration: 1,071,101.
  Official Results

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
3,176
(0.38)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
418,690
(50.47)
Cobb/LaMarche 853 (0.10)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 397,190
(47.88)
Nader/Camejo 
4,838
(0.58)
Peroutka/Baldwin
1,152
(0.14)
None of These Candidates
3,688
(0.44)
Total........829,587
 
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.
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
3,311
(0.54)
Buchanan/Foster (Cit.First)
4,747
(0.77)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
301,575
(49.52)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
279,978
(45.97)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
415
(0.07)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
15,008
(2.46)
Phillips/Frazier (IAP)
621
(0.10)
"None of these candidates"
3,315
(0.54)
Total........608,970

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

1992 and 1996 General Elections
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Clinton (Dem.)...........189,148 (37.36)
Bush (Rep.)...............175,828 (34.73)
Perot (Ind.)................132,580
 (26.18)
Others (5).....................6,225
(1.23)
None of these...............2,537
(0.50)
Total........506,318

1996
Clinton (Dem.)...........203,974 (43.93)
Dole (Rep.)................199,244 (42.91)
Perot (Ref.).................43,986
 (9.47)
None of these...............5,608
(1.21)
Nader (Grn.).................4,730
(1.02)
Others (3)......................6,737 
(1.45)
Total........464,279