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Nevada Provides Next Test for US Presidential Candidates

Carolyn Presutti

   LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - Mary Rooney wears a button on her pink sweatshirt
   that reads, "I am woman, watch me vote."

   Rooney arrived for early caucus voting Monday in Las Vegas, Nevada, to
   vote for her favorite Democratic presidential candidate. The retiree
   insists that the results of the earlier caucus and primary contests in
   Iowa and New Hampshire, respectively, that catapulted Vermont Senator
   Bernie Sanders to the head of the pack do not speak for the nation.

   "Nevada is more diverse and more like America," said Rooney, who voted
   for Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren as her first choice and
   included Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar among her top four choices.

   Rooney's son is a member of the United Auto Workers union. She was
   shocked to see a line wrapped around the United Auto Workers union
   office when she arrived for early caucus voting. The polls opened
   Saturday in Nevada and closed Tuesday, with more than 36,000 residents
   taking advantage of the state's first-time offer of early voting. The
   formal caucuses will take place throughout the state Saturday
   afternoon.

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