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Nevada caucus pumps up voter registration |
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 BRENDAN RILEY
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Democrats, who outpaced Republicans in new signups leading up to the Jan. 19 presidential caucuses, now have 44,676 more party members than the Nevada GOP, according to a report Tuesday from the secretary of state.
The report shows there now are nearly 1.3 million active and inactive
voters registered in Nevada. That includes 523,708 Democrats and
479,032 Republicans. The figures are preliminary and will be updated in
early March.
“We expect to see a continuing increase based on the interest in the
presidential race and on the number of voter registration applications
outstanding,” Secretary of State Ross Miller said.
Between December and now, the Democrats’ total went up by nearly 24,000 while the GOP total went down by about 1,400.
Democrats now account for 42 percent of the active and inactive voters
while Republicans account for 38 percent. The rest are mainly
nonpartisans, along with various splinter-party members.
Broken down by the state’s three congressional seats, the secretary of
state’s figures show that active Democratic voters now outnumber
Republicans 161,077 to 142,608 in GOP Rep. Jon Porter’s district.
There’s an even bigger edge for active Democrats — 130,595 to 79,889 —
in Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley’s district and another lopsided
margin for active Republicans — 170,263 to 133,623 — in GOP Rep. Dean
Heller’s district.
The overall voter registration totals reflect the record turnouts at
both Democrat and Republican presidential caucuses last month.
About 116,000 Democrats showed up at 520 precincts around the state.
The previous record for a Democratic caucus was when nearly 9,000
voters turned out for the 2004 presidential race.
More than 44,000 Republicans were on hand at 113 precincts. The most
the Nevada GOP had drawn to a presidential caucus before was 2,000 to
3,000 voters, according to party officials.
Democrats’ interest grew as major candidates such as Hillary Rodham
Clinton, who won with 51 percent of the vote, and Barack Obama, who got
45 percent, and their surrogates, including former President Bill
Clinton, toured all corners of the state.
Romney’s campaign efforts around the state paid off for him as he
trounced all other GOP contenders, getting 52 percent in precinct straw
polls.
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