VIDEO: Just 17 Percent of Nevada Democrats Voted in Saturday’s Caucus
According to a video produced by the media group NowThis, only 80,000 of Nevada's 471,342 registered Democrats voted in the state’s caucus. Many who wanted to vote could not take time off from work.Barely Any Democrats Voted In Nevada
A lot of Democrats missed the Nevada caucus on Saturday because they had to be at work
Posted by NowThis Election on Sunday, February 21, 2016
According to a video produced by the media group NowThis, only 80,000 of Nevada’s 471,342 registered Democrats voted Saturday in the state’s caucus. Many who wanted to vote reportedly could not take time off from work. This suggests that those voters work in the lower ranks — meaning they might favor Bernie Sanders’ policy proposals and would have voted for him if they could have.
—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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