By a roughly 2 to 1 margin, early entrance polling found more Nevada caucus-goers said they would prefer a candidate who can beat Trump over someone who agrees with them on major issues. But electability-focused voters were deeply divided in their initial support heading into caucus locations, with 24 percent supporting Sanders; 21 percent for Biden; 18 percent of caucus-goers supporting former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg; and Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren in the low teens of support (13 percent and 12 percent, respectively).

That is a stark contrast to the 32 percent of voters who preferred a candidate that agrees with them on major issues; a small 54 percent majority of this group supported Sanders, while other candidates at most were in the low teens with this group.