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...Democratic and Republican races for the presidential nomination are equally tight, with no clear front-runner emerging for either party. Most hypothetical matches for the general election are looking similarly close. But so far in at least one key respect, the Democrats are clearly beating their G.O.P. counterparts: voter turnout...
...Voters are showing up at Democratic primaries and caucuses in record numbers, doubling, tripling or even quadrupling the turnout totals recorded in the last fully contested two-party election in 2000. Overall, Democrats have so far outnumbered Republicans at primary polling places by a rate of about...
...four states have held primaries or caucuses that both parties actively contested, and in each, Democratic turnout is outrunning participation by Republicans...
...Iowa, some 239,000 Democrats turned out at the caucuses, almost twice the all-time record. Republicans doubled their turnout in Iowa, as well, but still only reached...
...idea for most Nevadans. To further complicate things, the caucus is taking place at the worst possible time: on a Saturday afternoon, smack in the middle of a Holiday weekend - theoretically one of the busiest times for everyone from the croupiers to the busboys. Estimates for turnout range from 25,000 to 100,000. "It's going to be somewhat difficult for everybody, not just Hispanics who tend to work Saturdays,"said Fernando Romero, president of the non-partisan Hispanics in Politics, an activist group in Nevada that is not endorsing a candidate. "It's brand...