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To: Drago

Beg your pardon, Nevada had a caucus yes. However, Nevada voters voted in the caucus. We voted for a candidate, not a delegate. That candidate’s delegates were then chosen from that candidate’s supporters.

More than 75,000 people turned out to vote. Trump won more votes here 34,000 than the total number of people who voted in the 2012 caucus.

Nevada was not voterless.


108 posted on 04/17/2016 5:10:34 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: Duchess47

Semantics methinks....
“The Nevada Republican Party caucus is a closed caucus with eligibility limited to those registered 30 days before the caucus date including 17-year-olds who will be eligible to vote in the November general election. As in most other Republican caucuses, there are two components. First, delegates are elected from the attendees to represent the caucus-goers at the county conventions in March, and they generally announce who they support for President and why they should go to the county convention. Election of delegates is by show of hands. Then, a supporter of each campaign speaks on behalf of their candidate. Finally, a straw poll, called a presidential preference poll, is taken of the individuals in the room. The preference poll is a secret ballot with candidate names printed on them.

Although the news media reports the results of the straw poll and assigns delegates proportionally based on it, in Nevada, it is the county conventions and the state convention which determine who actually goes to the Republican National Convention. Thus, all delegates are unbound until the state convention in April, but they generally represent the preferences expressed by fellow Republicans in the straw poll.”

Only difference between NV & CO was the non-binding straw poll isn’t conducted in CO (CO GOP choice).

No “voters” in May in Reno...just delegates.

http://nevadagop.org/2016-nevada-republican-party-state-meeting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_caucuses


146 posted on 04/17/2016 5:24:13 PM PDT by Drago
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