Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

Republican support in rural communities remains strong as rural voters’ influence statewide is declining
Once upon a time — say, way back in 2004 — overwhelming Republican Party support in rural Nevada offset the Democratic advantage in densely-populated Clark County. Swing county Washoe, Nevada’s second most populous, often determined who won statewide campaigns. John Kerry won [...]

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ELKO, Nev. - A pro-John McCain - or, more accurately, an anti-Barack Obama - bus tour stopped in town Thursday morning, urging voters in one of the states most conservative counties to be unwavering in their support for the Republican candidate.

Elko residents come out to ‘Stop Obama’
The “Stop Obama Tour” kicked off Wednesday with rallies [...]

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Obama supporters gather in Elko, Nev., to watch the final debate
ELKO, Nev. — When Mable Kite decided to get involved in a political campaign for the first time in her life, she jumped right into the deep end. She organized her local caucus, served as an Obama precinct captain, provided room and board for out [...]

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Nevada Feeling Blue?
Sen. John McCain has held slim, within-the-margin-of-error edges in Nevada polls since the GOP convention. But Jon Ralston writes today in the Las Vegas Sun that “despite the history and some of the intangibles… [Nevada] is starting to lean to Obama, if ever so slightly.” Ignoring the (statistically meaningless) polls, the numbers game [...]

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What’s a kid to do when asked to wear a patriotic red, white, and blue t-shirt to school? If you’re Aurora, Colorado fifth grader Daxx Dalton, you naturally decide to don your homemade “Obama [is] a terrorist’s best friend” shirt, of course, and promptly get suspended. The boy’s father, Dann Dalton, a self-described “proud conservative” [...]

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