In one of the stranger settings for a presidential election, the results of the Nevada caucuses are far from surprising.
Rather than the average voting scene of public schools and community centers, a number of the caucuses were held in Las Vegas casinos to give casino workers the opportunity to vote.
Hillary Clinton led the Democratic hopefuls with 51 percent of the votes. Following Clinton was Barack Obama who came away with 45 percent of the votes, trailed only by John Edwards who had 4 percent.
While Clinton received the highest vote total, she came away with 12 delegates to Obama's 13. She has now accumulated 210 total delegates to Obama's 123.
Outside of the big three democratic candidates, Dennis Kucinich and Bill Richardson received a flat total of zero percent of the Democratic vote.
On the Republican side, Mitt Romney registered 51 percent support to lead all candidates from his party. With 22,649 votes more than any other Republican candidate, his message apparently resonated among Nevada voters.
Finishing immediately behind Romney were Ron Paul with 14 percent and John McCain with 13 percent. Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson finished nearly at a dead heat with eight percent each.
To close out the Republican side of the voting, Rudy Giuliani and Duncan Hunter both finished with slightly less than 4 percent of the vote, though neither campaigned heavily in the state.
CNN's entrance polls show that only 13 percent of Demcrats that took part in the election were in the 18-29 age bracket. Only 11 percent of Republicans from the same age demographic cast a vote.
The entrance polls also show that 41 percent of Democrats who voted were male and 59 percent were female. For the Republican vote, 52 percent were male and 48 percent were female.
For more detailed analysis, visit MSNBC as they have extensive statistics from exit polls on both the Republican and Democratic side.
With the South Carolina Democratic primaries and the "Winner takes all" primaries in Florida in the next to weeks, check back often for news from the campaign trails.
* All voting statistics are courtesy of CNN.com. Main photo is from http://yunphoto.net/en/.
Comments
Dan Ward commented, on January 20, 2008 at 8:14 p.m.:
OK if it’s no surprise that Ron Paul get second place in Nevada, Why is he consistently not being reported on. Look for yourself. How many stories in the press speak of this man’s success. (by the way I’m not some kind of crazy internet wacko) I’m just a regular family guy who has noticed that something is not right with our media controlled elections.
Dan Ward
Miami, Fl.
Jonathan S. commented, on January 20, 2008 at 8:52 p.m.:
Not a surprise because pre-Caucus polls from Nevada had Paul finishing 2nd to 3rd (Zogby and Rasmussen, I believe.)
He doesn't get the national media, I think because a lack of funds, but he definitely gets support from seemingly random spots throughout the country despite his low numbers in the polls.
The media control of the elections dates back to the founding fathers and is never going to change...If he's the best candidate, hopefully he'll step up and give the media no choice but to give him coverage!
Jonathan S.
Atlanta, Ga.
MMZ commented, on January 21, 2008 at 8:46 a.m.:
Well written aricle and great picture!