Democrats roll past Republicans in record Nevada early voting turnout

Democrats dominated the first two days of early voting in Nevada, accounting for more than half of the ballots cast over the weekend.

Of the 92,339 votes cast in-person statewide Saturday and Sunday, 47,402 were Democrats and 28,178 were Republicans, according to the Nevada Secretary of State’s website. That’s a margin of 51 percent to 30 percent. With absentee and mail-in ballots, that percentage margin narrows to 48-33.

That’s good news for Democrats in heated federal races across the state, such as U.S. Senate candidate Catherine Cortez Masto and congressional candidate Jacky Rosen, according to UNLV political science professor David Damore.

Upwards of 60 percent of the votes cast in Nevada will come in before the Nov. 8 Election Day. Getting a jump early is a big part of the Democrat’s strategy and “they are executing it very well,” Damore said Monday.

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