So Goes Nevada...

Within the memory of at least a couple of generations, as Nevada goes in the federal elections, so goes the nation. The GOP would be wise, indeed, to keep this as creed.

The way I see it is thusly: Nevada, unlike many, MANY states in our great nation, is not alltogether unlike the human body. We are currently the fastest growing state in the nation, with a large transient population figuring in the overall electoral process; prior to containing a population over six digits Nevada was largely driven by the mining industry with a *gasp* transient population figuring into the electoral process. What Nevada has, and many states do not have in such numbers, is the transient vote. As years progress the transient vote dilutes and concentrates (as do so many of the waters in the Great Basin) , yet it does remain. This translates into something of a "bloodflow" of national sentiment running through our state. This "bloodflow" is essentially the same as what runs through the nation as a whole, and since that transient part of our population comes from the nation as a whole the national sentiment tends to be reflected.

Require proof? The last time Nevada sent electors for a candidate who didn' t win the Presidency was 1908 when the Nevada majority voted William Jennings Bryan over William Howard Taft. That was one hundred years ago!!!

In perspective: that was the same year that the Cubs won the World Series for the LAST TIME; Arizona and New Mexico were both, as of yet, territories. (As an addendum, Nevada was the ONLY West Coast state to send electors for J.F.K. in 1960.)

In an entire century, including some monumental upsets, Nevada has voted with the winner each and every time since 1908, as well as in 1864, 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1888.

In other words: since statehood in 1864, Nevada has voted in opposition to the victor in 1880, 1884, 1892, 1896, 1900, and 1904***.

So, in one hundred and forty four years and 37 Presidential elections, Nevada has NOT voted for the winner six times.

31-6. I'd say that's a pretty fair handicap.

I won't even keep that a secret for the GOP; this is history at its finest. Watch Nevada! Here is history, precident, and future all wraped into one neat little package!!!

WATCH NEVADA!!!

***In fact, in 1892 Nevada voted with the "populist" candidate (Weaver) with Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, and parts of North Dakota and Oregon!