Politico trying to make us think Republicans made huge gains in Nevada.

[RandySF]

Democrats will go into Election Day with a 90,000 voter registration advantage in Nevada, a smaller edge than in 2008 when Barack Obama carried the state.

At the close of voter registration this week in the Mountain West swing state, there were 526,986 Democrats and 436,799 Republicans — a difference of 90,187 active voters.

In 2008, at the close of registration, Democrats held a statewide advantage of 100,723 voters.

While the statewide gap between the parties has closed slightly since 2008 — a year when Democratic registration surged in Nevada and Obama carried the state by 121,000 votes — the real growth was among independents. The number of nonpartisan registrations across the state grew by 36,000 since 2008.



http://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Considering Obama won the state by 12 points last go around, I think he can afford it to narrow.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Nevada will go Blue,

Hispanics and Labor will take over this time. The Rethugs have messed things up so bad with one scandal after another,the people are revolting and kicking their sorry asses out. The time has come,big time ground swell for Democratic Party Ideals. Still a ton of Teabillys running around,but,their support comes from mostly rural and small towns. Need to watch Clark and Washoe Counties,that's were the population is located. They seem to be trending towards a major blow out for Democrats.

Nevadans are a very transitory population,very few natives,mostly mover-inners and mover-outers.

[qkvhj]

3. Nevada

I have many friends in Nevada on both sides of the political street. Nevada will go for Obama. It will be closer than the last election but Obama will win there.