Nevada caucuses: Democrats prepare to vote in most diverse 2020 state yet

Electorate in ‘first-in-the-west’ primary is more representative of Democratic party than voters in earlier states

Nevada residents will be casting their votes in the “first-in-the-west” primary contest that will play a key role in choosing the Democratic candidate to take on Donald Trump.

Saturday’s caucuses could be a make-or-break moment for several Democratic contenders and mark the first voting in a state with a diverse electorate that more closely resembles the demographics of the US and the Democratic party. Nevada is nearly 30% Latino and 10% black and has a rapidly growing Asian American population.

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