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Presidential Nominating Process
Precinct Viability Caucuses: Saturday 20 February 20161
County Conventions: Saturday 2 April 2016 (presumably)
State Convention: Saturday 14 May - Sunday 15 May 2016
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham20  46.51%27  62.79%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"15  34.88%16  37.21%
Uncommitted8  18.60% 
Total43 100.00%43 100.00%

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Source: Overview of Delegate Counts for Nevada’s First in the West Democratic Presidential Caucus.

Source: http://action.nvdems.com/page/content/caucus_faq/.


Results from
Nevada Democratic Party
AP
New York Times
Politico
The Huffington Post
Decision Desk HQ.

14 May 2016: Nevada Dem convention devolves into chaos from The Hill.


Unpledged delegate preferences as of
20 February 2016: Clinton 3, Sanders 1.
25 February 2016: Clinton 4, Sanders 1.
25 May 2016: Clinton 5, Sanders 1.
15 June 2016: Clinton 7, Sanders 1.


   

Any person who is eligible to vote in the state of Nevada and will be at least 18 years old on Election Day, 8 November 2016, may participate. Participants must reside in the precinct in which they wish to participate, and must be registered as a Democrat. Registration or change in party affiliation may occur on caucus day.

Saturday 20 February 2016: Nevada Precinct Viability Caucuses. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.

Precinct Viability Caucuses
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Friday 15 April 2016.
Excluded from Nationwide vote.

CandidateCounty
Delegates
%
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton6,44052.64%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders5,78547.29%
Uncommitted80.07%
Others (scattering)00.00%
Total12,233100.00%
 

Saturday 20 February 2016: Nevada's Democratic Viability Precinct Caucuses meet in each precinct. Voting begins at 12 noon PST. 23 of 43 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in proportion to the percentage of the support each candidate receives in each Congressional District. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the congressional district level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 23 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the results in each of the State's 4 congressional districts.

The number of national convention pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates can be estimated based on voting in today's caucuses.

Precinct Viability Caucuses
(At-Large and PLEO delegates estimated)
Source: Nevada Democratic Party.
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Friday 15 April 2016.

ContestClintonSanders
 County
Delegates
Qual
Vote
DelCounty
Delegates
AllocDelCounty
Delegates
AllocDel
CD13,0273,02751,6032.64831,4242.3522
CD22,8572,85461,3032.73931,5513.2613
CD32,9132,91361,5353.16231,3782.8383
CD43,1933,19161,8723.52041,3192.4802
PLEO11,99011,98556,3132.63435,6722.3662
At-Large11,99011,98576,3133.68745,6723.3133
Total
Delegates
  35  20  15

In addition, each Precinct Caucus chooses delegates to the County Conventions based on presidential preference.

 

Saturday 2 April 2016 (presumably): County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to the Nevada State Democratic Convention. County conventions are called to order by 10:00 am PDT.

  • These County Conventions choose the county's delegates to the Nevada State Democratic Convention. While a non-binding Presidential Preference Poll is conducted during the Conventions, delegates at the County level are not bound to their declared Presidential preference. The number of pledged PLEO and At-Large national convention can be estimated base on voting in today's convention.

County Conventions
(At-Large and PLEO delegates estimated)
Source: Ralston Reports.
Status: Unofficial. Retrieved: Friday 15 April 2016.

ContestSandersClinton
 State
Convention
Delegates
Qual
Vote
DelState
Convention
Delegates
AllocDelState
Convention
Delegates
AllocDel
PLEO3,8463,84652,1242.76131,7222.2392
At-Large3,8463,84672,1243.86641,7223.1343
Total
Delegates
  12  7  5
 
 

We have received emails stating that Sanders did well at the County Conventions.

https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/sanders-likely-flips-two-delegates-after-dominating-clark-convention
"That is expected to switch two delegates to Sanders, giving Clinton an 18-17 lead in Nevada"

and

We believe the article below is not correct.
http://www.occupywhitehouse.org/2016/04/bernie-sanders-projected-winner-of.html
"Bernie Sanders Projected Winner of Nevada Caucus 19-16"
CD 1: Sanders 3, Clinton 2
CD 2: Sanders 3, Clinton 3
CD 3: Sanders 3, Clinton 3
CD 4: Sanders 3, Clinton 3
PLEO: Sanders 3, Clinton 2
At-Large: Sanders 4, Clinton 3
Total: Sanders: 19, Clinton: 16

and

What just happened in Nevada? from The Moderate Voice.

 

Saturday 14 May - Sunday 15 May 2016: The Nevada State Democratic Convention convenes to elect 35 (23 District, 7 At-Large, and 5 Pledged PLEO) of Nevada's 43 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. A binding Presidential Preference vote will occur by 10AM PDT on 14 May. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.

  • 12 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the support among the delegates to the State Convention as a whole.
    • 7 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 5 Pledged PLEOs

State Convention
Source: Nevada State Democratic Party.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Saturday 14 May 2016.

ContestClintonSanders
 State
Convention
Delegates
Qual
Vote
DelState
Convention
Delegates
AllocDelState
Convention
Delegates
AllocDel
PLEO3,3573,35751,6952.52531,6622.4752
At-Large3,3573,35771,6953.53441,6623.4663
Total
Delegates
  12  7  5

The remaining 8 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 8 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 6 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 2 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 1 Representative).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 8 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

 

On 4 March 2013, SB 212 was introduced by Settelmeyer, Cegavske, Hardy, and Wheeler. This bill would change the ... primary ... from the 2nd Tuesday in June ... to the Tuesday immediately preceding the last Tuesday in January [19 January 2016] ... If another state in the Western United States ... schedules its presidential preference primary election for a date earlier in January ... section 8 requires the Secretary of State, with the approval of the Legislative Commission, to select a date for the primary election which is not earlier than January 2 and not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. [NRS 293.175]

AB 302, introduced by Assemblymen John Hambrick (Republican) and Stephen Silberkraus (Republican) on 13 March 2015, would move the parisan primary and create a concurrent state Presidential primary on the Tuesday immediately preceding the last Tuesday in January (19 January 2016). The partisan primary is currently scheduled for the 2nd Tuesday in June (14 June 2016).

SB 421, introduced on 22 March 2015 by the Legislative Operations and Elections, is similar to AB302 but would set the primary date to the last Tuesday in February. 1 June 2015: The legislature adjourns without acting on this bill.

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

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