Urban Nevada
The 2012 Republican caucuses may have helped correct views of Nevada. As we have reported several times in recent years, Nevada is one of the nation’s five most urban states. The state got so much depth coverage in advance of the caucuses that some national reporters expressed surprise that it is not the rural enclave they had assumed. Some Nevadans might also be surprised.
“But do not be fooled by the scenery,” wrote Micah Cohen in the New York Times. “Where elections are concerned, Nevada is an urbanized state. Most Nevadans live in cities, and that holds true for Republicans and for Republican caucusgoers.”
His piece was accompanied by a map that showed where the state’s Republicans live—82 percent of them in Clark and Washoe counties. Elko County, which often sets the tone for the state party, has just two percent of the state’s GOP voters.