What Went Down In The 2020 Nevada Caucuses

Sorry for the rather hackneyed example of #AnecdoteJournalism, but my ride-share driver today thought that early voting was still going on and didn’t realize that the actual caucus was today. Since this is a relatively new process, and really almost like a caucus/primary hybrid with all the early voting, you can imagine that some voters are confused.

Sure, Sarah, I have some opinions about caucus turnout. In the 2018 primary in Nevada, for offices like Senate and governor, a little more than 140,000 people cast ballots in the Democratic primary. It’s possible that fewer people will caucus between today and the early vote. So yeah, if they used a presidential primary in Nevada, I’m going to guess voter participation would be quite a bit higher.

Did you say a primary would be more effective at turning out people to vote than a caucus, Kaleigh? I’m sure no one here has an opinion on that …