With the presidential campaigns all but ignoring blue California, some residents find it easy to forget that 2012 is a presidential election year. But in Nevada there's nowhere to hide from the political hustlers and attack ads.

Nevada

  • Electoral votes: Six

  • Population: 2,723,322

  • Registered voters: 1,401,684

  • Breakdown: Democrats: 42.2 percent; Republicans: 34.5 percent; nonpartisan: 17.3 percent

  • Obama campaign offices: 25

  • Romney campaign offices: 10

  • Presidential TV and radio ad spending: $38.2 million

  • Contributions to Obama: $1.3 million

  • Contributions to Romney: $3 million

    California

  • Electoral votes: 55

  • Population: 37,691,912

  • Registered voters: 17,153,699

  • Breakdown: Democrats: 43.4 percent; Republicans: 30.24 percent; nonpartisan: 21.31 percent

  • Obama campaign offices: 11

  • Romney campaign offices: 0

  • Presidential TV and radio ad spending: $0

  • Contributions to Obama: $76.8 million

  • Contributions to Romney: $32.9 million

    Sources: U.S. census; Nevada Secretary of State's Office; California Secretary of State's Office; Romney campaign; Obama campaign; NBC/SMG Delta; Los Angeles Times/Federal Election Commission


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