Nevada caucuses: Five things to watch as voting gets started

February 22, 2020

LAS VEGAS — The third nominating contest of the Democratic presidential primary kicks off on Saturday with the Nevada caucuses.

Already, about 75,000 votes have been cast, according to state party officials. But no results have been released, and observers are following the first-in-the-West caucus closely to gauge which candidates are likely to have a path to the nomination ahead of Super Tuesday in early March.

The caucus comes just days after the Democratic debate here, where former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg came under fire from his rivals, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Bloomberg, who’s skipping the first four states, will not be on the ballot.

Ahead of caucus day, Sen. Bernie Sanders led in state polls of Nevada, followed by former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Vice President Joe Biden, who are neck-and-neck, and then Warren, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and the former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer.

The caucus will begin at noon local time, or 3 p.m. ET.

Here are five things to watch as voting gets underway.

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