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Nevadans broke expectations on Caucus Day |
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 The huge turnout at Saturday’s Nevada caucuses show that Nevada Democrats are engaged in the process and ready to work to end eight years of a George Bush White House.
The turnout of more than 116,000 Nevada Democrats is more than double
the highest estimates, and almost 75 percent of Nevadans who caucused
yesterday voiced their support for a Democrat. It is more than 12
times the turnout of 2004, when 9,000 Democrats attended the caucus.
Nevada Democratic Party Chair Jill Derby said she was proud of the
turnout and of the many Nevadans who worked together to overcome the
growing pains of putting on Nevada’s first competitive caucus, which
almost 30 percent of registered Democrats attended.
“Saturday’s high turnout was a good problem to have, and we will use
the lessons we learned to improve our caucus next time,” Derby said.
“This weekend, we put our state on the political map once and for all,”
Derby said. “The Nevada caucuses reflected the ethnic and economic
diversity of our state, with one estimate that 15 percent of
participants were Hispanic and another 15 percent were African
American. Working families also turned out to give their perspective.
Sen. Harry Reid had the foresight to help bring the early caucus to
Nevada, and now Democrats must work together to expand the
infrastructure we built in the caucus to help elect a Democratic
president in 2008.”
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