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**Among Hispanics, 54% said they were going to support Sanders ahead of the caucuses. Hispanics make up nearly one-third of the state's population.

**Among those caucus-goers who are members of a labor union or have family members in a union, 36% said they planned to caucus for Sanders. About one in four said they were part of a union family.

**Among white, college-educated women - a voting block seen as key to Democrats' chances for victory over Trump in the November general election - 24% said they planned to caucus for Sanders, compared with 18% for Klobuchar, 17% for Buttigieg, 17% for Warren and 12% for Biden.

** Most of Nevada's caucus-goers came with their minds made up. Eighty-four percent of Democratic caucus-goers said they made their pick for the party's presidential nomination more than a few days before the caucus.

** 51% of those participating in the Democratic caucus are doing so for the first time. A record number of Democrats are expected to show up at the Nevada caucuses, in part because of population growth in the state and also the party's decision to allow residents to vote early this year for the first time.

** 64% say that when picking a candidate to support, they are thinking mostly about that person's electability instead of whether the candidate agrees with them on major issues.

** 63% said they support replacing all private health insurance with a single government plan. That initiative, also known as Medicare for All, is a signature issue for Sanders and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. It was criticized earlier this month by the state's 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union in what was seen as a boost for more moderate Democrats who are still in the race.

** 43% of Democratic Nevada caucus-goers say healthcare is the issue that mattered most to them when deciding which candidate to support. Another 25% said it was climate change, 18% said it was income inequality and 9% said foreign policy.

** 66% of Democratic caucus-goers said they considered themselves to be liberal. Another 34% said they were moderates and 3% were conservative.