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Posted at 5:20 PM ET, 01/19/2008

Clinton and Romney Win in Nevada
By Chris Cillizza
washingtonpost.com staff writer
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton beat Sen. Barack Obama in the Nevada Democratic caucuses today, while former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney prevailed earlier in the Nevada Republican caucuses.
With 88 percent of the vote counted, Clinton led with 51 percent to 45 percent for Obama (Ill.). Former senator John Edwards trailed far behind with four percent.
Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe asserted in an interview on MSNBC that his candidate's focus on the economy was crucial to her victory. "It's Hillary that's going to deal with the economic issues," McAuliffe said in an interview on MSNBC moments after the network called the race for Clinton.
Preliminary entrance polling seemed to back up McAuliffe's contention, as the economy was the most important issue on the minds of Democratic caucus goers and Clinton won that group by double digits.
As in New Hampshire, the foundation of Clinton's win came from women. Females accounted for 59 percent of all caucus-goers, and Clinton won that group, 51 percent to 38 percent, over Obama. Clinton has now won women by double-digits over Obama in New Hampshire and Nevada after losing among that demographic cohort in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses.

Obama's support from the Culinary Workers Union proved far less important than was first believed. Union members made up three in ten Democratic caucusgoers in Nevada but Clinton won that crucial voting bloc 45 percent to 44 percent. The nine casinos along the Las Vegas Strip -- where the workers are almost all members of the culinary union -- largely went for Clinton.
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