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Nev. Caucuses Fascinating Next to SC

Advanced date, knotty demographic make state key for Dems

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 18, 2008 9:25 PM CST

(Newser) – Just hours before voting begins in Nevada, its newly bumped-up caucuses are more crucial for Democrats than South Carolina's primary, blogs Sasha Abramsky of Mother Jones. Yes, Nevada has powerful unions, but it's more complex than that: outlying areas are conservative and rural, and the state is a third non-white. "For the Democrats, there’s a lot to play for in Nevada," Abramsky writes.

And Dems are paying attention: Clinton touted a 3-month, FDR-style ban on foreclosures last week, while Edwards stumped for union votes, and Obama courted Republican-friendly miners and ranchers. Interestingly, GOP hopefuls have mostly ignored the libertarian toss-up state that once loved Reagan. "And that could augur badly for the party not just this coming election but for many elections to follow," writes Abramsky.

Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards talks to reporters about Nevada issues Thursday night, Jan. 17, 2008 at the Star Hotel, a Basque restaurant and bar in Elko, Nevada during a campaign stop. (AP Photo/Elko Daily Free Press, Ross Andreson).
Democratic Presidential candidate John Edwards talks to reporters about Nevada issues Thursday night, Jan. 17, 2008 at the Star Hotel, a Basque restaurant and bar in Elko, Nevada during a campaign stop....   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. shakes hands at Bertha Miranda's Mexican Restaurant in Reno, Nevada Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 after a roundtable discussion on the home mortgage crisis. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. shakes hands at Bertha Miranda's Mexican Restaurant in Reno, Nevada Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 after a roundtable discussion on the home...   (Associated Press)
Residents surround Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and State Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen as they canvas a neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Residents surround Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and State Assemblyman Ruben Kihuen as they canvas a neighborhood in Las Vegas, Nevada, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008....   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno in Reno, Nev., Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno in Reno, Nev., Friday, Jan. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles...   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses the crowd at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., visits with supporters outside a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada Monday,Jan. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., visits with supporters outside a town hall meeting in Carson City, Nevada Monday,Jan. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   (Associated Press)
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