The Nevada caucus is scheduled to take place Feb. 4, according to Election Central 2012. Here are some interesting tidbits surrounding this "First in the West" contest that will help pick the GOP presidential nominee.
* The first caucus held in Nevada for Republicans was in 1976, when President Gerald Ford defeated Ronald Reagan. Reagan, despite winning the GOP nomination four years later, lost the 1980 Nevada contest to his eventual running mate in the general election, George H.W. Bush, according to TheNevadaCaucus.com
* According to the Nevada Republican Party's Nevada GOP Caucus website, only registered Republicans are allowed to participate, and even those who are 17 years old in some of the state's counties can participate as long as they will turn 18 on or before Nov. 6.
* 28 delegates are up for grabs, according to The Green Papers.
* According to a Gallup poll taken in 2011, the amount of those polled who see themselves as Republican or leaning to that party is 40 percent, which is 5 percentage points behind those who are Democrats or lean to that party.
* The 2010 Census shows females make up less than half the state's population -- 49.5 percent. Whites make up the largest ethnic group at 66.2 percent, and Hispanics/Latinos make up the second largest group at 26.5 percent.
* The New York Times reported the 2008 Nevada GOP caucus was won by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. He won with 51.1 percent of the vote. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, finished a very distant second with only 13.7 percent.
* In 2008, Mormons made up 25 percent of the caucus vote (per exit polling) in which Romney received approximately 90 percent of that vote, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
* The Reno Gazette-Journal reports the delegates awarded to each candidate will reflect the percentage of votes they received in the caucus.
* The caucus results from the Silver State will be released via Google and Twitter, according to the Associated Press. Facebook isn't being used.
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