538.com: Washoe County NV (Reno-Sparks) about to go blue?

[featherman]

"Washoe County, home of Reno and Sparks and 19% of Nevada’s vote, may be on the verge of having more registered Democrats than Republicans. It would be a stunning development.

As of September 18, the county registrar reported 87,971 registered Republicans and 84,705 registered Democrats, a gap of 3,266 (down from 5,648 at the end of the primaries).

But as of that update, more than 5,000 registration applications were in the queue.

If 82% of those are Democratic registrations (5 to 1), Washoe would now have more registered Democrats, with 17 days from the time of that update (Sept 18) through the close of mail-in registrations (Oct 4).

“Unlike any time I have seen in 30 years of doing this, there is a really aggressive move from one party,” (Washoe County’s Voter Registrar Dan) Burk said. “It’s really unusual to see this intense growth in such a short period of time.”

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/

Massive development for those familiar with Nevada voting patterns

[featherman]

1. kicking for a later crowd - this is big news IMO

[writes3000]

2. This wonderful news. If we win Vegas handily and come close in Reno...

I think we have a good shot at flipping the state.

I'm working in CA to help with the NV effort. This is great!