“A lot of women who won’t tell polsters they’ll vote for her will—just because she’s female.”
59% of Nevada’s voters in the DNC caucus were females.
Any surprises that Hillary won?
That said, take a look at the numbers:
Romney: 17,680 (with 41% reporting)
Clinton: 4,958 (with 85% reporting)
Obama: 4,398 (with 85% reporting)
Edwards: 363 (with 85% reporting)
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NV
Is it just me, or did the Republicans just turn out more voters than the Dems for the first time?
None of the cable news channels are telling you that the democrat count is apparently delegates to the county conventions. According to their official caucus site, the dems had 107,000 people participating in the caucus. (For more info, go to http://www.nvdemscaucus.com/ )
The Republicans are reporting the straw vote counts, but they also elect county delegates. It looks like the Republican turnout will be about 44,000. (for more info, go to http://www.nvgopcaucus.com/ )
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NV
Is it just me, or did the Republicans just turn out more voters than the Dems for the first time?
This is the same thing as in Iowa. The Dems and Reps run their caucuses differently. The Rep numbers are voters (via straw poll), the Dem numbers are delegates (for example, the Dem caucus they showed on CNN had 86 votes for Obama and 80 for Hillary. The numbers reported, though, were 16 delegates for Hillary and 17 for Obama).
What a dismal turnout for the Dems. Guess there aren’t too many in Nevada.