It is a bit amazing how one county (Clark) can have such

featherman

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:09 PM
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It is a bit amazing how one county (Clark) can have such

a far reaching effect in determining America's future direction. Much has already been written about small states like Iowa and New Hampshire have too much influence but today we saw one county determine the winner and the (probably) now unstoppable front-runner.

Not being snarky. Congrats to the Clinton organization and the Democratic party establishment. Impressive performance.

But it all came down to one county since the rest of the state went for Obama (total vote, not county-by-county)

Strange stuff when you think about it.

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NMDemDist2

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:11 PM
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1. Nevada has 2.6 million people, 2 million of which live in Clark county

Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 05:12 PM by AZDemDist6

:shrug:

edit to add, Clark county pretty much IS nevada voters....

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Kurt_and_Hunter

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:11 PM
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2. How about Barack's own Cook county? It elected JFK.

Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 05:12 PM by Kurt_and_Hunter

Nevada is similar to Illinois... flat and empty with a gigantic population center on one end.

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:12 PM
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3. Well, not when you realize that Las Vegas is probably the most lopsided state in the country...

...at least in terms of demographics.

Clark County, which is basically the Las Vegas Metro Area, contains about 70% of the state's population.

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napi21

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:13 PM
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4. Yes, but you have to recognize something. The State of NV.

only has something like 2,300,000 people and 2,000,00 of them are in Clark County! I heard this on CNN earlier today and I admit, I was quite surprised by that. My guess is that 90% of the rest of the population is in Reno, the remaining very few people are very scattered out and most likely didn't bother to caucus at all!

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Herman Munster

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:15 PM
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5. 2006 census estimates

Nevada 2,495,529

Clark County 1,777,539

Clark County is about 70% of Nevada's population.

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featherman

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:16 PM
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6. Clark has about 70% of the population, so, yes, it is quite

lopsided. I've been watching NV trying to turn blue for the last few election cycles but even though Clark votes blue the rest of the state votes GOP by a large enough margin to offset Clark. I am hoping this year we finally get over the hump on that in the GE.

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Gman

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:45 PM
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7. That's like the GOP's map of the country with all the blue and red counties

with the country being probably 90% red and the concentrated blue counties in small areas.

Fact is, the votes are where the people are. I'd rather Clark County, NV determine something than Gold Digger's Gulch, NV.

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Debi

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Sat Jan-19-08 06:03 PM
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8. No different then if we had a national primary

Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Huston would determine the outcome of the election.

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