Bernie Sanders is looking strong in Nevada, but a close battle is shaping up for second place
LAS VEGAS — As Nevada Democrats began caucusing Saturday, Bernie Sanders appeared destined to clinch another early-state victory and become the unmistakable frontrunner in the presidential primary.Volunteers failed to show up at some caucus sites, but state party officials downplayed concerns.More significant was the prospect Nevada could do what Iowa and New Hampshire couldn’t: Bring clarity to the rest of a still-muddled campaign.
Staffer shortages are an expected problem for caucuses — which are run on shoestring budgets by political parties and not state elections officials — and state and national leaders were ready with reserves to “put out fires. And yes we expected fires,” a Nevada Democratic Party official said. For Biden, the one-time frontrunner both nationally and in Nevada, the importance of the contest is especially high. Embarrassing finishes in the first two states left his campaign reeling and eroded his once-overwhelming advantage in South Carolina, the next primary state.
Buttigieg, who finished alongside Sanders at the top in Iowa and ran second to him in New Hampshire, will be tested for the first time in a state with a significant number of people of color, with whom he's made little headway. The same is true of Klobuchar, who has only recently begun developing a national campaign organization after a surprising, third-place finish in New Hampshire.
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