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Hillary Wins Nevada County Caucuses

By Jeralyn

The Clark County democratic convention was held Saturday. It was a do-over from February. Hillary won and she now leads Obama statewide in delegates to the state convention.

More than 6,300 delegates participated Saturday, according to the Nevada Democratic Party. Clinton won 1,330 delegates from Clark County while Obama won 1,133 delegates.

Heading into Saturday, Obama had won the majority of the delegates in the state’s other 15 county conventions, 512 of 900. But Clinton’s win in Clark County, by far the state’s most populous county, gave her the lead statewide 1,718 to 1,645, for delegates to the May 17 state convention in Reno, where Nevada Democrats will select delegates to the national convention in Denver this August.

Nevada has 33 national delegates. As to why Hillary won in the January caucuses, here are the reasons: [More...]

Experience:

And though it’s easy to slice and dice and analyze strategy, there’s this: Nevadan Democrats put their faith in Clinton and her experience.

At dozens of precinct locations voters interviewed by the Sun cited Clinton’s experience as the overriding factor in their decision.

Other reasons:

• Foresaw a huge wave of new voters unlike in her failed Iowa campaign.
• Worked relentlessly to appeal to Hispanics from the ground up rather than the top down.
• Sewed up the support of many Culinary workers long before the union endorsed Obama.
• Dominated among women and then persuaded them show up to caucus.
• Won the final week of publicity with tough political gamesmanship.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 13, 2008 (boomark / email).