What Went Down In The 2020 Nevada Caucuses

Yeah, Kaleigh, I think the whole “three sets of election results” thing might have set caucus states up to fail no matter what. In addition to adding time to the process, it made it possible for people to catch errors in the results, since the votes-to-delegates conversion process was completely transparent.

It’s worth pointing out that, like Iowa, there were a number of changes this year that might explain the delays over 2016. First of all, precincts once again have to report three sets of data, instead of just one. There’s also the new quirk of incorporating early votes, which led to some confusion on site according to various reports, and volunteers were given new technology in the form of a Google-based calculator accessed via iPads. And, lastly, we’ve heard at least a few reports that the hotline has been jammed. All of this means it makes sense that results would be coming in much later than in past years.

We’re up to 89 precincts from the Nevada Democratic Party out of 2,000 or so — making progress, though it’s just 4 percent of total precincts. Sanders leads in them with 39 percent in the final-alignment vote and a whopping 45 percent of county delegates.