| NEVADA | 6 Electoral Votes |
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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada Secretary of State)
16 counties and Carson City. Two largest counties: Clark, Washoe. Four largest cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Reno, North Las Vegas. Government
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State of Nevada Secretary of State NV Democratic Party Las Vegas Rev.-Journal
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Election The
Nevada Independent  The Silver
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| Voter Registration
Deadlines: Mail (postmark) or in person - Oct. 6, 2020. Online - Oct. 29, 2020. Early Voting by Personal Appearance: Oct. 17-30, 2020. Pre-Election Legislation and Litigation Nevada was the scene of some early wrangling over vote by mail after Sec. of State Barbara Cevagske (R) announced active registered voters in Nevada would be mailed an absentee ballot for the June 9 state primary election (+). Limited polling places led to long lines for those who voted in-person. In response Democrats passed and on Aug. 3 Gov. Sisolak signed Assembly Bill No. 4, which seeks to forestall problems in November by provisions such as setting minimum numbers of vote centers per county based population and providing additional funds for preparation and distribution of mail ballots. Under the legislation, elections occurring under a state of emergency are "affected elections;" all active registered voters are being sent a ballot in the mail, although they can still vote in-person. Republicans viewed the legislation as "a midnight push to change election rules" and an effort to "steal the election" and quickly filed a lawsuit but their claims were dismissed in a Sept. 21 ruling (+). On Oct. 23, the Trump campaign and the Nevada GOP filed suit against election officials demanding "transparency, accountability and equal treatment under the law (+)." |
Election Day: 158,077 (11.22%) Early: 557,848 (41.05%) Absentee: 671,906 (47.73%) |
Overview:
Democrats
built on their electoral successes in 2018 (+),
the
energy
of
the
Feb. 22 caucus campaign (+)
and the June 9 primary campaign. Biden-Harris won
with a plurality of 33,596 votes (2.39 percentage
points), about the same margin as in 2016 (2.42
percentage points). The Democratic ticket carried
Clark and Washoe counties, and Trump-Pence the remaining
15 counties. Trump and surrogates managed a fairly steady stream of visits, including several of the large rallies favored by the president. The Democratic candidates and surrogates made fewer visits, doing drive-in rallies and small socially distanced events. Republicans had a solid ground game. On Oct. 17, the first day of early voting, the campaign announced it had made over three million voter contacts, and on Oct. 27 it marked one million doors knocked. Democrats reported that in the final four months of the campaign, they recruited nearly 10,000 volunteers, knocked more than 600,000 doors, lit dropped nearly 50,000 doors, made more than 7.1 million calls, and sent more than 4 million text messages. Data from AdImpact show that from May 1 to Nov. 3, Biden and allies outspent Trump and allies on advertising in Nevada by more than 3 to 1, $27.2 million to $8.1 million. Nevada was one of six states where the Trump campaign and Republicans engaged in a significant post-election legal effort. Trump | Biden General Election Details BALLOT [PDF] POST-ELECTION |
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| Democrats County Convention Delegates: Sanders 6,788 (46.84%), Biden 2,927 (20.20%), Buttigieg 2,073 (14.30%), Warren 1,406 (9.70%), Steyer 682 (4.71%), Klobuchar 603 (4.16%) ...14,492. Total participating: 104,883. details 49 Delegates: 23 District, 8 At-Large, 5 PLEO and 13 Unpledged.
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Republicans On Sept. 7, 2019 the NV GOP State Central Committee voted to scrap the caucuses. |
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| 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 |
| Clinton 37.36% |
Clinton 43.93% |
Bush 49.52% |
Bush 50.47% |
Obama 55.15% |
Obama 52.36% |
Clinton 47.92% |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 1,964,097. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.3%. Voter Registration Deadlines: Mail - Postmarked Oct. 8, 2016. Online or in person - Oct. 18, 2016. Early Voting: Oct. 22-Nov. 4, 2016. Registration: Dem. 577,697 (39.44%) Rep. 488,861 (33.37%) Nonpartisan 304,528 (20.79%) Indep.Am. 63,330 (4.32%) Lib. 13,381 (0.91%) Other 17,040 (1.16%) ...Total 1,464,819. |
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Overview:
Nevada
was a battleground state and had a
competitive U.S. Senate race, two tight U.S. House
races, a fight for control of the state legislature,
and several interesting ballot measures. The Hispanic vote is very important in the Silver State. According to the Pew Research Center (>), the state has a Hispanic population of about 789,000, accounting for 28% of the total population. 328,000 of these people are eligible to vote, or 17% of the total eligible to vote. In addition intermittent visits by the candidates, Nevada drew the national spotlight when UNLV hosted the final presidential debate on Oct. 19. Green party nominee Jill Stein failed to qualify for the ballot after her petition effort was marred by fraud. Although Clinton carried just two counties, Clark (Las Vegas) and Washoe (Reno), her margins in Clark–402,227 votes (52.43%) to 320,057 (41.72%) for Trump–were enough. Statewide the Clinton-Kaine ticket achieved a plurality of 27,202 votes (2.42 percentage points). Combined with other successes down the ballot, Nevada was one of few bright spots for the Democrats. General Election Visits Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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Population*: 1,776,403. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.1%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 16, 2012. Early Voting: Oct. 20-Nov. 2, 2012.
Early Voting: 619,381: Dem. 275,470 (44.48%) Rep. 223,526 (36.09%) Oth. 120,385 (19.44%) Registration: 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 ...Total 1,257,621. |
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2012 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] |
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| 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.
Total Registration: 1,207,761. |
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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 |
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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)
Total Registration: 1,071,101. |
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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. |
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 |
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