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The '''2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses''' are the third contest for the [[Democratic Party]]'s nomination for President in the 2020 general election. They will be held in [[Nevada]] on Saturday, February 22, 2020. 36 of the state's 48 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be decided on the basis of the caucus results. [[Vermont]] senator and avowed [[socialist]] [[Bernie Sanders]] is the presumed frontrunner going into the caucus.
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The '''2020 Nevada Democratic caucuses''' were the third contest for the [[Democratic Party]]'s nomination for President in the 2020 general election. They were held in [[Nevada]] on Saturday, February 22, 2020. 36 of the state's 48 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were to be decided on the basis of the caucus results. [[Vermont]] senator and avowed [[socialist]] [[Bernie Sanders]] was the presumed frontrunner going into the caucus; initial numbers indicated that he had won at least a plurality of available delegates.
    
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Until early January, former Vice-President [[Joe Biden]] dominated the polling for the Nevada caucus, averaging 25-30% of the vote. Over the month of January, the situation shifted in favor of [[Bernie Sanders]], who held a significant lead in the two weeks prior to the caucus. The latest polls have indicated a maintenance of these figures: an Emerson College poll covering the period February 19-20, 2020, gave him 30% of the vote as compared to 16% for Biden,<ref>https://emersonpolling.reportablenews.com/pr/nevada-2020-sanders-with-comfortable-lead-heading-into-caucus-tight-race-for-second-place</ref> while a Data for Progress poll ending February 21 gave the [[socialist]] senator a 19-point lead over Biden and [[Elizabeth Warren]].<ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/memos/nevada-caucus-poll</ref>
 
Until early January, former Vice-President [[Joe Biden]] dominated the polling for the Nevada caucus, averaging 25-30% of the vote. Over the month of January, the situation shifted in favor of [[Bernie Sanders]], who held a significant lead in the two weeks prior to the caucus. The latest polls have indicated a maintenance of these figures: an Emerson College poll covering the period February 19-20, 2020, gave him 30% of the vote as compared to 16% for Biden,<ref>https://emersonpolling.reportablenews.com/pr/nevada-2020-sanders-with-comfortable-lead-heading-into-caucus-tight-race-for-second-place</ref> while a Data for Progress poll ending February 21 gave the [[socialist]] senator a 19-point lead over Biden and [[Elizabeth Warren]].<ref>https://www.dataforprogress.org/memos/nevada-caucus-poll</ref>
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The most recent poll aggregators have suggested a pronounced lead for Sanders, with 30-32%, with Biden and Buttigieg vying for a distant second.
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The most recent poll aggregators suggested a pronounced lead for Sanders, with 30-32%, with Biden and Buttigieg vying for a distant second.
 
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