“The Democrats are excited to have both campaigns visit Vancouver and energize our voters for the 2016 election, as this not only helps us on the national level, it helps us focus more attention on our local candidates for state and county offices, as well as … down the ballot,” said Rich Rogers, chair of Clark County’s Democratic party.
Voter turnout in presidential years is significantly higher than in off-year elections. In 2012, Clark County saw 79.6 percent of voters go to the ballot. In 2015, an off-year election, only about 34 percent of Clark County's registered voters submitted ballots. Sanders visited Vancouver on Sunday, drawing a crowd of about 7,000 to a rally at Hudson's Bay High School. President Clinton campaigned for his wife at Clark College on Monday. A total of about 1,100 people attended that event, a college spokeswoman said late Monday night. Democrats will caucus statewide at 10 a.m. Saturday to indicate their preference for the party's presidential nominee and discuss a party platform. Anyone who considers themselves a Democrat may participate, but only registered voters or those who will turn 18 between Saturday and the Nov. 8 presidential election may vote for a nominee. More information is available at www.clarkcountydems.com/caucus.
