NEVADA CAUCUSES

Recent Polling

Democrats

Conducted between October 9, 2007 and October 11, 2007 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research for The Las Vegas Review-Journal with 300 likely Democratic caucus voters and a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 6 percentage points.

Details of the Nominating Process

Democrats
January 19, 2008
Caucus (Closed)
33 delegates at stake

On Jan. 19, party caucuses meet in each precinct to choose delegates to county conventions. The delegates selected are not bound to any candidate. At the county conventions on Feb. 23, delegates to the state convention are chosen. They are not bound to any candidate. The state convention is April 18-20, during which delegates choose 25 of the 33 delegates to the national convention. Sixteen of the 25 delegates are allocated proportionally to presidential candidates based on the support for the candidates in each of the state’s three Congressional districts. Nine delegates are allocated to candidates based on the support among all of the delegates attending the convention. The remaining eight unpledged delegates are chosen from party leaders.

Winners of Previous Nominating Contests

Democrats

Source:  Election 2008, The New York Times, November 11, 2007

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