NEVADA 5 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2008 est. 2,600,167
Total Enrollment, Nov. 2008 (active) 1,207,761
Dem. 531,317 (43.99%)   Rep. 430,594 (35.65%)   Non-partisan 183,589 (15.20%)   remaining 5.16% -- Lib. 6,776   Grn. 3,349    Indep. Am. 47,967    NL 193    Other 3,976.
Two largest counties: Clark, Washoe.
Four largest cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas.

Government
Governor: Jim Gibbons (R) elected Nov. 2006.
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. D.Heller (R) | 3. J.Porter (R). 
U.S. Senate: John Ensign (R) re-elected in 2006, Harry Reid (D) re-elected in 2004.
2008
update   
U.S. House:  Democrats made a major effort to oust Rep. Jon Porter (R) in the 3rd CD (significant portions of Clark County); state Sen. Dina Titus (D), the 2006 Democratic gubernatorial nominee, won by 165,912 votes (47.43%) to 147,940 (42.29%) with 29,660 votes (10.29%) going to four other candidates.  The 2nd CD (16 of the state's 17 counties..."the largest non-at-large district in the U.S") featured a rematch between Rep. Dean Heller (R) and Jill Derby (D); Heller won by 51.82% to 41.44%.  The U.S. House delegation goes to 2D, 1R.
    > Democrats pick up one U.S. House seat and gain control of the Senate chamber.  MORE

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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 

Precinct Caucuses -- Saturday, January 19, 2008
Enrollment, Jan. 2008 (active): Dem. 407,420 (40.88%)   Rep. 395,942 (39.73%)   Non-partisan 142,846 (14.33%)   remaining 5.06% -- Lib. 5,858   Grn. 2,725   Indep. Am. 38,098    NL 817    Other 2,959    Total:  996,665.
Main Nevada Caucuses Page
Democrats
34 Delegates (25 Pledged, 8 Unpledged, 1 Add on) and 4 Alternates.
0.82% of the 4,049 Delegate Votes.

Clinton  |  Edwards  |  Kucinich  |  Obama
former: Biden  |  Dodd  |  Richardson

Official Results  100% of precincts
+Hillary Clinton
5,459
50.82%
John Edwards
399
3.71%
Mike Gravel
0
- %
Dennis Kucinich
5
0.05%
Barack Obama
4,844
45.09%
Uncommitted
34
0.32%
Other
1
0.01%
Number of delegates
Total participants
10,742
117,599
Reactions

February 23, 2008 - County Conventions. +
May 17-18, 2008 - State convention in Reno.

Republicans
34 Delegates: 3 RNC; 22 at-large; 9 by CD (3 x 3 CDs).
1.43% of the 2,380 Delegates.

Giuliani  |  McCain  |  Paul  |  Romney  |  FThompson

1750 of 1789 precincts
+Mitt Romney
22,390
51%
Ron Paul
5,802
13%
John McCain
5,610
13%
Mike Huckabee
3,519
8%
Fred Thompson
3,486
8%
Rudy Giuliani
1,890
4%
Duncan Hunter
881
2%
Total
43,578
Reactions

April 26, 2008 - State convention in Reno. +
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
Primary Election: Sept. 7, 2004
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

1992
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

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