# Nevada Caucuses Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822 "2020-02-12T16:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/101 "2020-02-23T15:26:53Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Warren _had_ funding problems, but the debate brought her enough money to last a week or two more at least. Yeah, donors threw extra money her way and this was the result: a total curb stomp. If I were a big time DNC benefactor, I’d be putting all chips on Bloomberg and Super Tuesday. That’s the last chance. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/102 "2020-02-23T16:47:20Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Wow…ok… > > Chuck Todd quoted someone who wrote something on “The Bulwark.” > > This is on MSNBC which is known as a “liberal” counter to FOX. Basically FOX but liberal. Their anchor quoted something from “The Bulwark.” > > Jonathan Last is the Executive Editor of that site. > > So tell me why “liberal” MSNBC anchor Chuck Todd is quoting a distinctly conservative rag and then using it as cover because hey…he’s just quoting someone else…right? > > Also, while you are at it, look up “gullible.” So that’s a “no” to the actual meat of the post, then. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/103 "2020-02-23T19:32:07Z")
Chris Matthews just compared Bernie’s win in Nevada to the Nazi invasion of France. > **[MSNBC’s Chris Matthews compares Sanders’ win to Nazi invasion of France](https://nypost.com/2020/02/23/msnbcs-chris-matthews-compares-sanders-win-to-nazi-invasion-of-france/)** > > MSNBC host Chris Matthews is taking heat for comparing Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders’ win in the Nevada caucus with Nazi Germany’s defeat of France in 1940. Matt… ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/104 "2020-02-23T19:33:52Z")
Steyer qualified for the South Carolina debate, and is polling third there. > **[CBS News poll: In South Carolina, Biden's lead narrows, with Sanders and...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-primary-polls-2020-biden-sanders-steyer-democrats-cbs-news/)** > > Biden is ahead with black voters, but his support has receded since the fall, according to a new CBS News poll. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/105 "2020-02-23T19:35:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steyer qualified for the South Carolina debate, and is polling third there. > [CBS News poll: In South Carolina, Biden's lead narrows, with Sanders and Steyer on his heels - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-primary-polls-2020-biden-sanders-steyer-democrats-cbs-news/) …pretty much indicating the end of Joe Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/106 "2020-02-23T19:56:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Chris Matthews just compared Bernie’s win in Nevada to the Nazi invasion of France. > [MSNBC's Chris Matthews compares Sanders' win to Nazi invasion of France](https://nypost.com/2020/02/23/msnbcs-chris-matthews-compares-sanders-win-to-nazi-invasion-of-france/) This is less defensible than Todd’s comments. How stupid can you be? ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/107 "2020-02-25T17:06:28Z")
Now that I finally found the site with the official election results, here is the answer to the question, “What would have happened had Nevada held a primary?” Going by the final “county delegates” numbers, Nevada’s pledged delegates appear to be 24 for Sanders, 9 for Biden, and 3 for Buttigieg. However, if Nevada had a primary, and the “first preference” votes were used, the pledged delegates would be 21 for Sanders, 9 for Biden, and 6 for Buttigieg. The main reason for the change: in the statewide vote, Buttigieg got only 14.31% of the county delegates, which is below the 15% he needed to get any of the 13 “statewide” delegates. However, he got 15.35% of the first preference votes, so he would have gotten 3 delegates - 2 from Sanders, and 1 from Biden. In addition, in the fourth Congressional district, based on county convention delegates, Sanders got 3.57 (rounded to 4) delegates while Biden got 2.43 (rounded to 2), but going by first preference votes, Sanders would have gotten only 3.4 and Biden 2.6, both rounded to 3. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822/108 "2020-02-25T17:45:43Z")
Excellent info; thanks for the update **Don**. I’ll be pestering my friends who involved with the Democratic Party in Nevada to see if they’re gonna change to a primary; I know there’s a ton of support already for it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-caucuses-discussion/847822.md?page=5)