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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:36 AM
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Largest Counties in NV are Washoe (Reno) and Clark (Vegas)
Doesn't look like that are 500 votes in the rest of the state. Anyone here from NV? Need the inside scoop. Does each campaign have a stronghold? Last caucus what happened? etc...
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:39 AM
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1. this is true but also, this is our first caucus and the rural counties get the same count as at-larg
at-large casino precinct sites

So in Washoe and Clark, it will take 50 people to get one delegate. In the rural counties and the casino precincts, it will take 5 to get one delegate.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:41 AM
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2. My god, that will make the rural vote more impactful is this the way
it was in IA?
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Bullet1987 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:53 AM
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9. Not really...it takes more supporters in rural areas to get delegates
as opposed to the at-large zones. Why do you think the Clinton supporters in Nevada were trying to get rid of them when Obama gained the support of the powerful unions?
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Tom Rinaldo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:56 AM
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10. Not to pass judgment or anything, but I will...
What a screwy system. The organized gamesmanship of horse trading in caucuses is bad enough. So now we have to guess who gets more added juice; Union reps watching their members line up live at the work place or rural voters who get their votes weighed 10X that of more urban voters.

Honestly, and I say this now before any results are in that can bias my opinion, I am beginning to think that whatever results come out of this caucus round should simply be discarded and ignored as irrelevant to anything.

On top of everything else there is no established tradition of caucus going in Nevada so the sample who actually participate today are extremely unlikely to be representative of the public at large. The Nevada caucus was originally intended to be tucked in between Iowa and New Hampshire when it's actual impact on the race would have loomed much smaller than it does now. I don't think anyone saw this day coming the way it has.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:42 AM
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3. 06 Gov race in NV by county
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:52 AM
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6. doesn't compare to a first time ever caucus - we have casinos and people
working all of the state who could early vote back then and can't now.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:53 AM
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8. So in short the polls could be 15 % off and no one knows what is
going to happen.
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:45 AM
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4. 04 NV by co
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:48 AM
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5. The only Dem stronghold in NV is Clark Co (Vegas)
That co gained Dems 26,430 in Clark in 04 but lost every other county.
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ursi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 11:52 AM
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7. that is true but remember, this first time ever caucus is a new animal
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