Voters lined up to cast ballots at Allegiant Stadium on Election
Day. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
In 2020, the first Nevada election with universal mail voting, more than 690,000 Nevada voters cast mail ballots.
This year, less than 684,000 did.
In 2020, more than 578,000 Nevadans voted early in person.
This year, less than 543,000 did.
And in 2020, nearly 156,000 Nevadans voted in person on Election Day.
Last week, more than 247,000 did.
According to the Secretary of State’s report Tuesday (one week after Election Day), a total of 1,473,986 Nevadan voted in the 2024 election.
That’s slightly more than the 1,425,026 that voted in 2020.
But there were 220,000 more registered voters this year than there were four years ago.
The upshot: Overall Nevada voter turnout in 2020 was 78.2%, and in 2024 turnout was only 72.2%
Final turnout numbers aren’t official yet, and could grow a little between now and the end of official ballot canvassing on Nov. 15.
The voters who didn’t show up this year: Democrats.
As of the last voter registration report prior to the election, on Nov. 1, Democrats held a slight registration edge – 9,200 voters – over Republicans statewide.
In 2020, a total of 529,621 ballots were cast by Democrats. In 2024, Democrats cast only 485,390 votes.
In 2020, 490,271 Republicans cast ballots. In 2024, 517,411 did.
And in 2020, nonpartisan and third party voters cast 372,037 ballots, accounting for 26% of the electorate. In 2024, 471,185 did, accounting for 32% of the electorate.
According to CNN’s exit poll of the presidential election in Nevada, nonpartisan/third party voters narrowly preferred Donald Trump over Kamala Harris, 48% to 46%