For the primary time this 12 months, giant teams of voters of shade will weigh in on the Democratic main, when Nevada voters head to the
For the primary time this 12 months, giant teams of voters of shade will weigh in on the Democratic main, when Nevada voters head to their caucus websites this Saturday, February 22.
The caucuses, the third contest of the 2020 Democratic presidential main, will start at noon local time/3 pm ET. However, just like the Iowa caucuses earlier this month, the Nevada outcomes could take some time to be reported.
Some votes have already been forged: For the primary time, Nevadans had the opportunity to vote early in 2020. And that early-voting turnout has been substantial, doubtlessly topping 80 p.c of caucus-day turnout in 2016 — an thrilling milestone, but in addition one that might complicate reporting.
Polls counsel that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, recent off a victory in New Hampshire, is firmly within the driver’s seat because the Nevada caucuses get underway; he leads the sphere by double digits in accordance with the FiveThirtyEight Nevada polling average, with former Vice President Joe Biden in second and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in third.
A Politico report on Monday indicated that different campaigns are already getting ready themselves for a Sanders victory: Advisers to at the very least three Sanders opponents telegraphed {that a} second- or third-place end was the very best that their campaigns might count on in Nevada.
Sometimes-unreliable polling and traditionally low caucus turnout, nevertheless, imply that the state of the race in Nevada is doubtlessly nonetheless fluid.
Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — fourth and sixth within the Nevada common — are additionally within the hunt for a robust end in Nevada forward of the South Carolina main subsequent Saturday and Tremendous Tuesday in early March, however they both face an uphill battle to win over voters of color within the majority-minority state whose inhabitants is nearly one-third Latino.
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