Battleground State Profile: Nevada
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State Data:
Barack Obama: 45% John Edwards: 4% Mit Romney: 51% Ron Paul: 14% John McCain: 13%
2008 Primary Results:
Hillary Clinton: 51%
2004 Election Results:
George W. Bush: 50.47%
John Kerry: 47.88%
2000 Election Results:
George W. Bush: 49.52%
Al Gore: 45.98%
Racial Breakdown:
White: 65.2%
Black: 6.8%
Hispanic: 19.7%
Other: 8.3%
Income:
Under 25k: 24.7%
25-50k: 31.2%
50-100k: 32.8%
Over 100k: 11.3%
Education:
Less than H.S.: 19.3%
H.S. or Higher: 80.7%
BA or Higher: 18.2%
Grad/Prof Deg: 6.1%
Nevada
Nevada has gone Republican in the last two presidential elections - President Bush beat John Kerry here by two points and Al Gore by four - as well as in eight of the last ten presidential elections. But Barack Obama feels he can win the state, thanks in part to an influx of outsiders - the state's population grew by more than 10 percent in three years, with many of the new residents coming from more liberal states. There has also been a significant influx of Hispanic residents, a group that tends to vote Democrat.
Obama may not be the best positioned Democrat to win the state, however - he has struggled to win over Latinos, as evidenced by his loss to Hillary Clinton in the state's Democratic caucuses where Hispanics preferred Clinton to Obama almost 2-to-1. McCain's relative moderation on immigration could help him compete for Latino votes.
Barack Obama feels he can win the state, thanks in part to an influx of outsiders - the state's population grew by more than 10 percent in three years.
One key issue in the state: The proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain. McCain has suggested that the facility could be "unnecessary," though he favors it. Obama opposes the plan.
Ways To Win
Related Nevada Campaign Stories
Poll Averages
Real Clear Politics averages recent polls from a wide number of media sources, including some not recognized or used by CBS News, and shows the average lead of the top candidate.