'Turnout machine': How Bernie Sanders won the Nevada caucuses
by Joseph Simonson
| February 22, 2020 07:40 PM
LAS VEGAS — When it became clear that Bernie Sanders was the winner of the Nevada caucuses, he was already wrapping up a rally in Texas.
In the week leading up to the Silver State contest, the Vermont senator's big win seemed like a foregone conclusion. Candidates held few events and instead focused their energy on the South Carolina primary next Saturday and a slew of Super Tuesday contests occurring three days later.
But Nevada shouldn't have been an easy win for Sanders, who had long alienated union members with his "Medicare for all" proposal, which would eliminate all private insurance. Months ago, Sanders was facing protests at campaign events with the Culinary Workers Union, whose members seemed to like the private insurance plan they currently have.
On Saturday, however, his front-runner status seemed to bring many of those voters into his camp.
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