Editors traveling to Las Vegas for Nevada GOP/Dem caucuses

County GOP staff will check each attendee’s state-issued ID against the list of the county’s registered voters. In 2008, Howell estimated about 900 would attend the caucus but 1,200 arrived, ready to choose their favorite candidate. “Not because of her policies, but because she’s been around for so long”, Ibarra said.

Zachary Almaguer is chairman of the Washington County Democratic Party.

Dr. Stuart Richardson, like Howell, doesn’t know what to expect Tuesday when the Republicans show up to debate, persuade and then select their candidates. At the Republican Party caucuses, I don’t know the process for the Democrat Party, you elect delegates and alternates to your county convention and state legislative endorsing convention.

Democrats have divided the state into about 1,700 precincts meeting at more than 200 caucus sites. Precincts 7-19 will assemble at the multipurpose building north of the Dry Gulch.

By shifting to a primary, Republicans hope to encourage broader participation in the state’s presidential pick – though the May 24 primary will be among the latest in the nation.

“The picture will be a lot clearer after Tuesday”, Richardson predicts. Democrats are more welcoming, participatory and democratic, but their caucuses are also more time-consuming.

If you’ve been paying any attention to political news this past year, you might have caught on to the fact that the race for the 2016 presidential election is a little bit different compared to previous years.

But since its first run in 2008, the Nevada caucuses have been riddled with controversy, strife and turnout problems.

“Bernie is a progressive, and this is what this country needs”, Hedges-Hiller said, adding the middle class has ceased to exist. I thought Hillary was particularly energetic and passionate. Also, with Clinton capturing so many superdelegates, many see this as a must-win state for Sanders.

Caucus-goers were slightly more likely to say they preferred Clinton than Sanders to handle Supreme Court nominations.

“I have been monitoring voter registration trends, particularly changes in party affiliation, in the weeks leading up to the caucuses, and will continue to monitor these trends after the caucuses”, Cegavske said in a statement.

The Clinton campaign has faced criticism, too. Barack Obama and then-New York Sen.

The Tuesday before the caucuses, Nevadans young and old gathered at the East Las Vegas Community Center after school and work to eat Mexican food and learn how to caucus. That’s where I’ll be, along with a few dozen other Washington County Democrats, to help the Virgin Valley Dems with their caucus. “It’s been going well”. I don’t think it really matters that much one way or another on the Republican side.

Dozens of students lined up at a table to register to vote for the first time. Caucusgoers can decline to name a candidate at check-in, Sterzenbach said. Former Democratic congresswoman Shelley Berkley, who now serves as CEO of the Touro University campus in Henderson, Nevada, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that she asked the Democratic Party if they wanted to use space at her school but was turned down.