Iowa and New Hampshire voters look forward to the presidential nominating process with high expectations of contact with candidates and a long tradition of vetting them. And then comes … Nevada.

The first two elections in the primary cycle are complete, yet the lid remains open on one controversial topic that surfaces every primary season: the apparent “whiteness” of Iowa and New Hampshire. The matter usually is boiled down to a single question: How could two mostly rural states with majority-white populations fairly represent the national electorate?

On today's show - "The fact that the Latino population here and the US born Latino population is so overwhelmingly young, it opens a pathway for Sanders."

Sam’s Town casino is a pioneer-themed resort on the working-class east side of Las Vegas famous for its laserlight waterfall show, budget-friendly gambling, a bowling alley popular with locals, and the fact that Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio’s father, Mario Rubio, served drinks here in the early 1980s.

One of the most prominent donors in Republican politics is in an unusual position: undecided.

This Saturday, the third contest will be held in the Democratic presidential race: the Nevada caucuses.

The Tuesday before the caucuses, Nevadans young and old gathered at the East Las Vegas Community Center after school and work to eat Mexican food and learn how to caucus.

The Tuesday before the caucuses, Nevadans young and old gathered at the East Las Vegas Community Center after school and work to eat Mexican food and learn how to caucus.

If you’re not a political obsessive, you could be forgiven for forgetting that the Nevada caucuses are coming up this week and next. Geographically remote to much of the country, the state has received little attention in the early campaign season. It doesn’t have a claim to a “first,” like Iowa and New Hampshire, and it has fewer delegates to offer than South Carolina.

If you’re not a political obsessive, you could be forgiven for forgetting that the Nevada caucuses are coming up this week and next. Geographically remote to much of the country, the state has received little attention in the early campaign season. It doesn’t have a claim to a “first,” like Iowa and New Hampshire, and it has fewer delegates to offer than South Carolina.

The Democratic Watch Party was held for the debate over at UNLV. Students say both candidates are making quite an impression of them because of the certain topics that they're covering.

Alicia Hernandez sat on a sofa in a re-purposed Las Vegas strip-mall store on a sunny Sunday afternoon listening to a step-by-step explanation from a Bernie Sanders field office director about how a presidential caucus works.