Hillary Clinton won the most local delegates while Barack Obama was projected to win the most delegates to the Democratic National Convention . Nevada 's delegates to the Democratic National Convention ( DNC ) were not allocated to the candidates for a few months , so current DNC delegate projections assumed that local and state delegate preferences remained the same through the county conventions , which occurred in February , and the state convention , which occurred in April , The reason for the so-called " split-decision " is Nevada 's chosen method of electing DNC delegates . Six distinct sets of pledged DNC delegates were elected in April . The three sets determined exclusively by Clark County delegates were split evenly for a total of six for Obama and six for Clinton . The statewide pot was split five for Clinton and four for Obama . Obama 's advantage was due to his strength in Northern Nevada , particularly of Washoe County 's three DNC delegates Obama received two as well as the one " rural " DNC delegate who backed Obama as well
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2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Nevada Democratic caucuses